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The formal right of each Soviet republic to leave the Union, written into the 1922 Union Treaty and later Soviet constitutions.
Union republics’ right to secede. The formal right of each Soviet republic to leave the Union, written into the 1922 Union Treaty and later Soviet constitutions.
30 Dec 1922 – 26 Dec 1991
The Soviet Union adopted the union republics’ right to secede.
Article 26 of the 1922 Union Treaty; the Library of Congress notes the 1991 dissolution was based on it.
The union republics’ right to secede caused the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
According to the Russian government.
The union republics’ right to secede, influenced by Vladimir Lenin.
According to the Russian government.
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