The chronicle of the absurd. Branch of Russia from the USSR

Vitaly Ivanovich Vorotnikov from 1983 to 1988 headed the Government of the RSFSR, was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU. In October 1988, he was appointed chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, but he was not long at this post. When, under the pressure of Mikhail Gorbachev, a decision was made on the reform of the state system on the principle of its "democratization", and then on changing the political status of Russia towards its "sovereignty", Vorotnikov expressed disagreement with the principles of reform.
The result was natural: he lost his post. The highest power in Russia passed to Yeltsin and its supporters, but up to the notorious Belovezhsky agreements of the collars continued to defend the unity of the USSR
In his book, the author tells in detail how the greatest tragedy of the 20th century - the collapse of the USSR took place. As Russia, the leading the Republic of the Soviet Union, itself acted as a burialist of the great state. The materials of the book, largely based on documents from the archive of the Politburo and the Supreme Council of Russia, help to understand the chronicle of this historical absurdity