Current Version
| Region | Russia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Dec 10, 1976 |
| End Date | Aug 26, 1991 |
| Description | The Council of Ministers of the USSR issued Resolution No. 1006 "On the Approval of Basic Provisions Determining the Procedure for Changing, Restoring and Cancelling Civil Status Acts." Item 2, sub-item 't' of these provisions explicitly allowed for the correction of a surname, first name, and patronymic "due to a change of sex." Although the text specifically referred to intersex conditions, in practice, thanks to the work of Professor Aron Belkin and the specialized commission at the Moscow Institute of Psychiatry, this provision was interpreted broadly to include transgender individuals. Item 4 of the Resolution allowed applications to be submitted to the Civil Registry (ZAGS) based on a certificate from a medical institution, but this was strictly conditioned on the applicant having undergone surgical correction to align their anatomy with the requested gender. |
| Sources | https://legalacts.ru/doc/postanovlenie-sovmina-sssr-ot-10121976-n-1006/ https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ |
Revision History (1)
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Dec 10, 1976 |
| End Date | Aug 26, 1991 |
| Description | The Council of Ministers of the USSR issued Resolution No. 1006 "On the Approval of Basic Provisions Determining the Procedure for Changing, Restoring and Cancelling Civil Status Acts." Item 2, sub-item 't' of these provisions explicitly allowed for the correction of a surname, first name, and patronymic "due to a change of sex." Although the text specifically referred to intersex conditions, in practice, thanks to the work of Professor Aron Belkin and the specialized commission at the Moscow Institute of Psychiatry, this provision was interpreted broadly to include transgender individuals. Item 4 of the Resolution allowed applications to be submitted to the Civil Registry (ZAGS) based on a certificate from a medical institution, but this was strictly conditioned on the applicant having undergone surgical correction to align their anatomy with the requested gender. |
| Sources | https://legalacts.ru/doc/postanovlenie-sovmina-sssr-ot-10121976-n-1006/ https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ |