Fall of the Soviet Union, 1991
The Breakup of the USSR, 1991
- Gorbachev made a couple of major changes in 1990
- First was he introduced 'rule of law'
- He felt that socialism could be achieved within a democratic state
- Second was the '500 days plan' dealing with the deficit
- Finally, the Union Treaty giving the republics more autonomy
The Breakup of the USSR, 1991
- An attempted coup d'etat takes place on Aug.1, 1991
- He is saved by Boris Yeltsin who became the effective leader of the country
- Gorbachev became a lame duck leader and Yeltsin made the final step to outlaw the Communist party in the Russian Republic
- Dec,1, 1991 an independence vote is held in the Ukraine which voted in the Russian Republic
Summary
In 1991 a Coup D’etat takes place in disagreement to Gorbachev's ideas. Fortunately Boris Yeltsin came to the rescue and eventually becomes the leader of the country. Yeltsin later makes the final steps to outlaw the communist party in the Russian Republic.
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Questions?
The independence vote changed Russia and created the commonwealth on Independent states but without that vote, what could have ended the USSR?
Quotes
I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.- Ferdinand Marcos