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The end of the USSR in December 1991: Gorbachev resigned on 25 December and the Union ceased to exist on 26 December.
25–26 Dec 1991
Dissolution of the Soviet Union. The end of the USSR in December 1991: Gorbachev resigned on 25 December and the Union ceased to exist on 26 December.
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, caused by the August 1991 coup attempt, perestroika, the Chernobyl disaster, the 1985–86 oil price collapse, the union republics’ right to secede and the Ukrainian independence referendum.
According to the United States government, Mikhail Gorbachev, Stanislav Shushkevich, Yegor Gaidar, the Russian government and Serhii Plokhy, each in its own account.
The dissolution of the Soviet Union harmed Cuba, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Soviet people.
According to Fidel Castro, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Russian government and Mikhail Gorbachev, each in its own account.
The dissolution of the Soviet Union benefited Belarus, Ukraine and the United States.
According to Stanislav Shushkevich, Leonid Kravchuk and the United States government, each in its own account.
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