Dissolution of the Soviet Union
1991 · Event
The Soviet Union formally ceases to exist, following the formation of the CIS and Gorbachev's resignation the previous day.
On these timelines: Fall of the Soviet Union, Master, Russia & the USSR, Cold War
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