Scientific Journal of KubSAU

Study of centrifugal tendencies in the Baltic republics in the years of perestroika, especially on the background of today's events in the Ukraine (the Crimea entry into Russia, the civil war in the Donbass, the aggravation of relations between Russia and the Western powers), is very important. An important direction in social and political life of the Baltic republics was the legislative activity of the Supreme Council, which made laws and regulations aimed at the isolation and subsequent exit of republics from the Soviet Union. Nowadays the problem of the role of the Supreme Council of the Baltic States in the process of sovereignty and independence was not seriously developed. That’s why consideration of the main legal acts as a historical source is an important area of research in the field of legislation the Supreme Council of the Baltic states in the perestroika years, from 1988 to 1991. The aim of the work is to study the process of sovereignty of the Baltic States through the activities of the republican Supreme Soviets in the above period. The object of work is to study legal acts of the Supreme Soviets of the Baltic republics. This article will address the following regulations: the Declaration of Sovereignty, language laws, citizenship, national symbols, as well as regulations, declared a withdrawal from the Soviet Union (as in Lithuania) or the beginning of transitional period (as in Latvia and Estonia). It should be noted that in Latvia and Estonia citizenship laws in the years 1988-1991 were only developed. Finally these laws were passed after the official recognition of these republics, so they are not included in the focus of our attention. The subject of the work is legislative activity of the Supreme Soviets of the Baltic republics in the years of perestroika