The Treaty of Federation (Russian: Федеративный договор, romanized: Federativnyy dogovor) was a treaty signed on 31 March 1992 in Moscow[1] between the Russian government and 86 of 89 federal subjects of Russia.
The provisions of the Treaty were included in the Constitution of 1978, introducing the basic principles of federalism in Russia.
The objective of the treaty was to prevent ethnic separatist movements from disintegrating the newly independent Russian Federation, as had happened to the Soviet Union.
[1] The autonomous regions agreed to remain part of Russia in return for a greater autonomy and a larger share of natural resources.
[1] The treaty established republics as having greater power compared to other federal subjects of Russia.