1991 in the Soviet Union and Russia

The following lists events that happened during 1991 in the Soviet Union and Russia.

1991
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the Soviet Union

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1991
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Russia

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The Soviet Union had a transitional government in 1991, during the fall of communism. Every republic in the union had growing nationalism until Christmas of 1991 when Mikhail Gorbachev, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and President of the Soviet Union, abandoned the Union at the time of its dissolution. The dissolution created huge changes in politics and territorial claims. NATO scaled back its presence following the dissolution.

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Soviet Union

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Russia

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Events

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January

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January Events (Lithuania)

March

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1991 Soviet Union referendum

June

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July

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George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign START I treaty in Moscow

August

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  • August 19 to 22— 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
  • August 19
    • The "State Committee for the State of Emergency" created from the hardline Union-level functioners wishing to reverse the USSR's disintegration. State of emergency declared in certain regions of the country, military units and tanks entered in Moscow.
    • The first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin issued an address "To the citizens of Russia", in which the actions of the State Emergency Committee are characterized as a coup. Yeltsin urged the population to rebuff the putschists. Start of mass pro-democratic rallies in Moscow and Leningrad.
    • August 22 — Putschists arrested. The white-blue-red flag restored as the Russian national flag.

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Deaths

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January

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February

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March

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April

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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References

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  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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