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Collapse of the Soviet Union

By lauren.weber

  • Soviet Union invades Afghanistan

    Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
    Sotiet Union invades Afghanistan to try to continue the spread of Communism in the East. The Soviets loose the war.

  • Voting Rights Change

    Voting Rights Change
    Gorbachev changes voting rights, now allowing people other than Communist party members to run and be elected for office.

  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachev
    Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power after old Soviet Union leader dies.

  • Protests

    Protests
    2 million citizens from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania come together to protest against illegal Soviet occupation.

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls
    Berlin Wall falls, allowing free passage from East to West Berlin in Germany.

  • Cold War Ends

    Cold War Ends

  • Gorbachev Resigns

    Gorbachev Resigns
    Mikhail Gorbachev resigns from power in Soviet Union.

  • Soviet Union Collapses

    Soviet Union Collapses
    Soviet Union officially collapses

  • Yeltsin becomes president in Russia

    Yeltsin becomes president in Russia
    Boris Yeltsin is elected president in Russia.