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Vladimir Lenin over threw the Russian Provisional Government
When the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin overthrew the Russian Provisional Government which had replaced Tsar Nicholas II during World War I. In 1922, the Soviet Union was formed by the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR. -
the Soviet Union was formed
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Millions died during the Great Famine
Amid confusion and resistance to collectivization in the countryside, agricultural productivity dropped. This led to devastating food shortages. For many years the USSR denied the Great Famine. -
Mikhail Gorbachev took control of the USSR
Mikhail Gorbachev took control of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) -
The soviet union split up
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The collapse of the soviet union
The world watched in amazement, the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom, a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism, and evidence of the superiority of capitalism over socialism. -
The Russian government took over offices of USSR in Russia
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Russian stock market crashes, economy collapses
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Russian President Vladimir Putin was working to create a free-trade zone
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President Barack Obama makes his first official visit to Moscow
President Barack Obama makes his first official visit to Moscow and meets with President Medvedev. The two begin outlining a replacement for the 1991 Start 1 treaty with an agreement to cut down on the nuclear weapon stockpiles in both countries. -
Russia eventually joined the World Trade Organization
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Link
http://www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/fall_of_the_soviet_union.asp
www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/fall_of_the_soviet_union.asp
https://www.history.com/topics/russia/history-of-the-soviet-union
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17858981
https://online.norwich.edu/academic-programs/resources/consequences-of-the-collapse-of-the-soviet-union
