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1991 in the Soviet Union
New Union TreatyMikhail Gorbachev stood before the Communist Party Congress in July 1990 and proposed a less centralized federal system.
1991 Soviet Union referendumOn the 24th of December 1990, deputies of the 4th Congress of People's Deputies voted by name to preserve the USSR as a renewed federation.
START IUS President Ronald Reagan stood at Eureka College on the 9th of May 1982 to announce a radical new vision for global security.
1991 Soviet coup attemptIn 1991, the Soviet Union faced a severe economic crisis. Food and medicine were scarce. People stood in long lines to buy essential goods.
January EventsThe Baltic states, including Lithuania, were forcibly annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940. The illegal occupation was never recognized by Western powers…