ABSTRACT
As 1993 progressed with the executive-legislative crisis between Yeltsin and the Supreme Soviet, Sverdlovsk Oblast’s bitterness toward the republics deepened. Local leaders demanded that the Urals Republic Constitution simply be renamed the Ustav of Sverdlovsk Oblast. The Ural region also became cut off from its principal suppliers of raw materials in the heating fuel and metallurgy districts - Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Like the Urals Republic, Eduard Rossel’s idea revealed the true heart of his political vision - a Russian Union of Kingdoms that was controlled by princes loyal to the king but dominant within their own territories. A crown kingdom hallmark was the ability of the reigning prince to reach all levels of his territory. The idea for a Urals Republic emerged from this envy: since Sverdlovsk doubted the center’s political will to phase out the national-territorial system, the Urals Republic was an alternative strategy to attack the issue from a different angle.
