Soviet Collapse

By Dillon Hatley

  • Gorbachev denounces Brezhnev Doctrine

  • 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