Soyuz (faction)
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Soyuz (faction)
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Soyuz was a faction in the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR. The faction was critical of Perestroika and liberal reforms; it was opposed to de-centralization of the Soviet Union. The group was founded on 14 February 1990, and its leaders included Viktor Alksnis, Yegor Ligachev, Nikolai Petrushenko, Yevgeny Kogan, and Anatoly Checkoyev. The faction claimed to have 500 members in the USSR Supreme Soviet. The group managed to oust Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze for 'giving up'
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Political party in Russia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_(faction)
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2024-02-19T20:49:30Z
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