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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.