31 dic 1991 año - Gorbachev resigns and the USSR collapses

Descripción:

After the coupe on Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's 15 republics sensed weakness in the government and began to move towards independence. Gorbachev resigned from presidency on december 25 and a week later, the Soviet Union no longer existed. The USSR was replaced by a loose allaince of former Soviet republics called the Commonwealth of Independent States