dec 25, 1991 - Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
Description:
On December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor. Earlier in the day, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 25, 1991
Now
~ 34 years ago