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the

SovietUnion

Быстрая коричневая лиса перепрыгнула через ленивую собаку

PERESTROIKA

Began in 1985Introduced by Gorbachev in SpeechMeant to be an economic reform programSemi-Successful, but started riots.

CHERNOBYL DISASTER26 April 1986

Worst Nuclear disaster to dateCost billions of dollars to cleanUp and recover fromStressed the economy to breaking point

THE FIRST COUNTRY LEAVES…Estonia, 1990

First country to officially leave the Soviet Union

Led to the succession of all other Soviet controlled areas

FALL OF THE BERLIN WALLThe Wall fell towards the end of the Cold WarDirectly afterwards, the east German currency was abandonedThis led to massive burnings of the East German Mark, as it was now worthless

A LAST DITCH ATTEMPT….On August 19, 1991, several military leaders seized control of the governmentThey kidnapped Gorbachev and placed him under house arrest

After three days, the coup fell apart and Gorbachev was releasedVery end of the Soviet Union

DISSOLUTIONIn late 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart

It was now a totally voluntary organization

The name was changed to “The Commonwealth of Independent states”

The flag was also changed to represent the new union.

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