The End of the Soviet Union (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Year Soviet Union collapsed
Year Soviet Union collapsed
1991
Date CIS formed
Date CIS formed
21 December 1991
Date Gorbachev resigned
Date Gorbachev resigned
25 December 1991
USSR formal end date
USSR formal end date
31 December 1991
Meaning of glasnost
Meaning of glasnost
Openness
When Yeltsin elected Russian president
When Yeltsin elected Russian president
June 1991
Three countries that formed CIS
Three countries that formed CIS
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
Who staged August 1991 coup
Who staged August 1991 coup
Communist hardliners
Three Baltic States
Three Baltic States
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Number of states from USSR collapse
Number of states from USSR collapse
Fifteen