October 21, 1991 (, Xinwei September 14), the Soviet Union's new parliament held its first meeting.


Gorbachev prestige has gone down
1991 10 21, the first meeting of the new composition of the Supreme Soviet (Soviet parliament) opened in the Kremlin.
TASS reported, only seven of the Republic, namely Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Tajik and Turkmen representatives participated in the meeting.
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev delivered a 25-minute speech on the opening ceremony of the meeting. In his speech, he stressed the importance of joint efforts to make the country out of crisis. He believes that a series of basic questions need to be addressed now, the most important of which is the fate of the Soviet state system.
But Gorbachev said, whether the republics a forward or each republic to find a way out of the crisis alone, this problem was not immediately clear, any plan is only good wishes. "
Gorbachev announced to the delegates, and now has been restored to the development of the work of the treaty of alliance of sovereign countries. The draft treaty is being reviewed by the members of the Council of State, and the last will be submitted to the sovereignty of national parliaments and the Supreme Soviet of the USSR discussion. He stressed, "to participate in the new alliance has great advantages, rather than cumbersome. "
Accordance with the agenda of the Supreme Soviet of the first meeting will be to listen to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev" report on the country's political and economic situation, the composition of the Supreme Soviet of the lead agency, the election of the Republic and Chairman of the House of the Union. The meeting will also discuss and modify the Constitution of the Soviet Union and other Soviet decree.
1991, the Soviet 5th National People's Congress passed a resolution decided bicameral Supreme Soviet, the highest authority of the representative organs of the Union during the transition period. The original national hospital instead of the Republic, also known as the Upper House; the Union hospital name unchanged, also known as the lower house.