the collapse of the USSR Flashcards
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March 1990 USSR
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Gorbachev visited Lithuania. They wanted independence.
They didn’t want to be part of the USSR. Gorbachev was for once uncompromising, he wouldn’t allow this. But Lithuania did it anyway
2
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May 1990 USSR
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The Russian Republic elected Boris Yeltsin as its president. Yeltsin made it clear that he saw no future in a Soviet Union.
3
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July 1990 USSR
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Ukraine declared its independence, other republics followed.
In oct 1990 Gorbachev received the Nobel peace price for ending the Cold War
4
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April 1991 USSR
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the republic of Georgia declared its independence
5
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August 1991
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