Belovezh Accords
type: Item
instance of: multilateral treaty
instance of: treaty
subclass of: agreement
part of: dissolution of the Soviet Union
inception: 1991-12-08T00:00:00Z
facet of: treason
country: Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
country: Ukraine
country: Belarus
point in time: 1991-12-08T00:00:00Z
has cause: Ukrainian independence referendum
has immediate cause: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
has effect: Russian invasion of Ukraine
description: agreement that declared dissolution of the USSR by its founder states (denunciation of 1922 Treaty on the Creation of the USSR) and established the CIS
alternative label: Denunciation of the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR
alternative label: Belavezh Accords
alternative label: Belavezha Agreement
alternative label: End of the Soviet Union
alternative label: Belovezha Accords
alternative label: Belavezha Accords