Suspension of Communist Party

Date: August 29, 1991 • Location: Moscow, Russia

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.

The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (SSUSSR) was the highest organ of state authority of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991. Based on the principle of unified power, it was the only branch of government in the Soviet state, and headed the unified state apparatus.