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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Independence, Partition and State Formation

The Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991 after a failed hardline coup that August against Mikhail Gorbachev accelerated the independence movements of its constituent republics. Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus founded the Commonwealth of Independent States earlier that December, and Gorbachev resigned as Soviet president on 25 December 1991, with the Supreme Soviet formally dissolving the union the next day, ending 74 years of Communist Party rule that had begun with the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.

Facts
Year
1991 1
Event Date
1991-12-26 2
Location
Moscow, Soviet Union 1
Origin Year
1991 2
Connections

Influenced By

Mikhail Gorbachev, Political Figures
Source Dissolution of the Soviet Union (U.S. Department of State)

Shaped

Russia, Countries
Source Dissolution of the Soviet Union (U.S. Department of State)
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Soviet Union

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Sources
1. Dissolution of the Soviet Union (U.S. Department of State)
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian
  • Collapse of the Soviet Union milestone summary
    On December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor.
  • closing section
    On December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor.
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2. Dissolution of the Soviet Union (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section, formal dissolution sentence
    The Soviet Union was formally dissolved and ceased to exist as a sovereign state and subject of international law on December 26, 1991.
  • Lead section, year of dissolution
    The Soviet Union was formally dissolved and ceased to exist as a sovereign state and subject of international law on December 26, 1991.
  • In Group: Independence, Partition and Dissolution of States, Lead paragraph
    The Soviet Union was formally dissolved and ceased to exist as a sovereign state and subject of international law on December 26, 1991.
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