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dec 25, 1991 - Gorbachev Resigns

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Resigned as president of the Soviet Union and a week later the Soviet Union collapsed. This became the Commonwealth of Independent States. Boris Yeltsin became the new leader of the broken up country.

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dec 25, 1991
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~ 34 years ago