HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF KALMYK REPUBLIC'S PARTICIPAION IN SIGNING 1992 TREATY ON FEDERATION
The paper deals with historical and legal aspects of Kalmykiyas participation in the formation of a new Russian state. The collapse of the USSR in December 1991 stimulated sovereign processes in republics incorporated in the Russian Federation. During 1992-1993 the Parliament of Kalmykia was occupied with legalization of national state symbols. The Law on Citizenship, Presidency, hymn, coat of arms and flag were to substantiate the sovereignty of the republic declared in 1991. Kalmykias President K.N. Ilyumzhinov, who took office in 1992, suggested his own variant of Federal Constitution declaring that legal status of republics is equal to the rest of Russia.