Perestroika

Gorbachev and the Fall of the Soviet Union

By vbhasin
  • Gorbachev Assumes power

    Gorbachev Assumes power

    Mikhail Gorbachev is elected Soviet general secretary.
  • Period: to

    The Gorbachev Regime and Fall of the Soviet Union

  • Reagan and Gorbachev

    Reagan and Gorbachev

    US President Ronald Regan implores Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
  • Reagan address Soviet Students

    Reagan address Soviet Students

    President Ronald Reagan addresses students at Moscow University during Summit meeting with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Communist Party Conference

    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 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

    Soviets leave Afghanistan

    The last Soviet troops left Afghanistan.
  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Berlin Wall is breached
  • Yeltsin elected

    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)

    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 Coup

    The attempted coup against Gorbachev fails.
  • Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

    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

    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.