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Dissolution of the Soviet Union
New Union TreatyMikhail Gorbachev stood before the Communist Party Congress in July 1990 and proposed a less centralized federal system.
Era of StagnationMikhail Gorbachev stood before the Communist Party in 1985 and labeled the previous decades as an Era of Stagnation. He used this phrase to describe the…
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.
Reagan DoctrinePresident James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 to establish a new boundary for American foreign policy. Theodore Roosevelt followed with his own…
Dissolution of the Soviet UnionMikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary by the Politburo on the 11th of March 1985, just over four hours after his predecessor Konstantin Chernenko…
Baltic WayOn the 23rd of August 1939, a secret agreement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
Post-Soviet statesIn December of 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist. This event created fifteen independent sovereign states that now occupy the territory once held by…
Nostalgia for the Soviet UnionIn 2016, a poll by the Levada Center revealed that up to 53% of Russian respondents cited financial stability as their primary reason for missing the Soviet…
The BarricadesIn 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost and perestroika policies to salvage the failing Soviet economy. These reforms lessened restrictions on…