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Gorbachev denounces Brezhnev Doctrine
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Singing Revolution
People standing together in Estonia, Latvia, and Lituania for freedom -
Berlin Wall falls
Wall between East and West Germany taken down -
Yeltsin elected
Boris Yeltsin elected in Russia -
Lithuania leaves USSR
Lithuania becomes independent -
Coup of Russia and USSR
Communist party revolts in Russia -
Gorbachev under house arrest
Gorbachev held in his house, led to coup -
Estonia leaves USSR
Estonia gains independence -
Latvia leaves USSR
Latvia gains independence -
Gorbachev resigns
Gorbachev quits his job as leader of the USSR