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Gorbachev Assumes power
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected Soviet general secretary. -
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The Gorbachev Regime and Fall of the Soviet Union
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Reagan and Gorbachev
US President Ronald Regan implores Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. -
Reagan address Soviet Students
President Ronald Reagan addresses students at Moscow University during Summit meeting with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev -
Communist Party Conference
Nineteeth Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union convenes in Moscow--Gorbachev initiatives the major reforms of perestroika -
Gorbachev gains more titles
Gorbachev is elected Soviet President and chief of state in addition to his previously held title of Soviet General Secretary -
Soviets leave Afghanistan
The last Soviet troops left Afghanistan. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is breached -
Yeltsin elected
Boris Yeltsin wins election as president of the new Russian Federation. -
Soviet Referendum
Soviet Citizens show by way of referendum that they wish to preserve the Soviet Union. 76.4% of 80% Soviets citizens that voted were for the maintainance of the Soviet Union -
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
New US President George Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev siogn the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Moscow. -
The Coup
The attempted coup against Gorbachev fails. -
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus sign an agreement creating the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as the successor to the Soviet Union. -
Gorbachev's resignation
Soviet President and chief of state Mikhail Gorbachev resigns, marking the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism in Europe as a whole.
