HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF KALMYK REPUBLIC'S PARTICIPAION IN SIGNING 1992 TREATY ON FEDERATION

Abstract

The paper deals with historical and
legal aspects of Kalmykiyas participation in the formation
of a new Russian state. The collapse of the USSR
in December 1991 stimulated sovereign processes in
republics incorporated in the Russian Federation.
During 1992-1993 the Parliament of Kalmykia
was occupied with legalization of national state symbols.
The Law on Citizenship, Presidency, hymn, coat
of arms and flag were to substantiate the sovereignty
of the republic declared in 1991. Kalmykias President
K.N. Ilyumzhinov, who took office in 1992, suggested
his own variant of Federal Constitution declaring that
legal status of republics is equal to the rest of Russia.