DECREE ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE USSR on decision of the Meeting of Deputies of the Oblast, City, District, Settlement and Village Councils of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast on “Implementation of the Decree of the President of the USSR of 7 January 1991 and the Decree issued by the Supreme Council of the USSR of 1 April 1991”

Having discussed the Decision of the Meeting of Deputies of the Oblast, City, District, Settlement and Village Councils of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, the Supreme Council of the USSR decrees:

1. To take of note of the Decision of the Meeting of Deputies of the Oblast, City, District, Settlement and Village Councils of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast on “Implementation of the Decree of the President of the USSR of 7 January 1991 and the Decree issued by the Supreme Council of the USSR of 1 April 1991”.

2. To submit the aforementioned Decision of the Meeting of the People’s Deputies of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast to the President of the USSR, as well as to the Chairman of the Council of Nationalities and the Commission on the National Policy and International Relations of the Council of Nationalities in order to be considered while working on the draft of the New Union Agreement.

Chairman of the Supreme Council of the USSR A. Lukyanov

12 May 1991

(Newspaper “Sakartvelo”, special addition, 1995; Personal Archive of the Author)