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aug 22, 1991 - The Soviet Union Breaks Apart

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An attempted coup of Gorbachev to maintain communism failed because Boris Yeltsin rallied against it. Communist party lost power. Soviet Union split into 15 independent republics. Boris Yeltsin became the leader of the largest republic.

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Date:

aug 22, 1991
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~ 32 years ago