Коми Республика
Covers the Komi Republic's constitutional and self-government history since 1921, focusing on the 1990 sovereignty declaration, the 1992 renaming, and the 1996-2002 power-sharing treaty. It does not attempt a general political, cultural or economic history of the Komi people or region.
Following proposals for Komi national self-determination after the 1917 revolutions, the Komi (Zyryan) Autonomous Oblast was formed on 22 August 1921, and elevated to the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on 5 December 1936, with its administrative centre at Syktyvkar.[1][2] On 29 August 1990, the republic declared sovereignty, and on 26 May 1992 it became the Komi Republic, a federal subject of Russia.[3][4] On 21 March 1996, Komi signed a power-sharing agreement with the Russian government granting it autonomy, including in the economic management of its oil, mineral and timber resources; the agreement was abolished on 20 May 2002 as part of a broader federal rollback of similar Yeltsin-era treaties.[5][6]
Status verified as of
The Komi Republic is an ordinary republic of the Russian Federation. Its 1990 sovereignty declaration led to its 1992 renaming and status as a federal subject, and its 1996 power-sharing treaty with Moscow, which had granted it economic autonomy, was abolished in 2002 as part of a nationwide federal rollback.[4][6]
History
From the 1921 formation of the Komi Autonomous Oblast to the 1990 sovereignty declaration and the 1996-2002 power-sharing treaty with Russia.
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· Declaration
The Komi ASSR declared sovereignty and was renamed the Komi Republic within two years.
Significance here: Part of the broader "parade of sovereignties" among Russian autonomous republics at the end of the Soviet period, leading directly to the republic's modern name and status.
· Agreement
Komi signed a bilateral power-sharing treaty with Moscow granting it economic autonomy, later abolished as part of a nationwide rollback.
Significance here: An example of the Yeltsin-era bilateral autonomy arrangements later reversed under federal recentralisation, a pattern also seen in several other Russian republics covered in this collection.
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
Claim: On 22 August 1921, the Komi (Zyryan) Autonomous Oblast was formed following Soviet-era proposals for Komi national self-determination that emerged after the 1917 revolutions.
Claim: On 5 December 1936, the Komi Autonomous Oblast was elevated to the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, with its administrative centre at Syktyvkar.
Claim: On 29 August 1990, the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic declared sovereignty.
Claim: On 26 May 1992, the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic became the Komi Republic, a federal subject of Russia.
Claim: On 21 March 1996, the Komi Republic signed a power-sharing agreement with the government of Russia granting it autonomy, including in the economic management of the republic's oil, mineral and timber resources.
Claim: The Komi Republic's 1996 power-sharing agreement was abolished on 20 May 2002, part of a broader pattern in which the great majority of the 46 Yeltsin-era power-sharing treaties with Russian federal subjects, signed between 1994 and 1998, were terminated between 2001 and 2002 following Vladimir Putin's 2000 election and his overhaul of the federal system.