COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Vladimir Putin
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Leonid Brezhnev
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Detailed explanation-1: -On 25 December, Gorbachev resigned and turned over his presidential powers-including control of the nuclear launch codes-to Yeltsin, who was now the first president of the Russian Federation. That evening, the Soviet flag was lowered from the Kremlin and replaced with the Russian tricolor flag.
Detailed explanation-2: -The unsuccessful August 1991 coup against Gorbachev sealed the fate of the Soviet Union. Planned by hard-line Communists, the coup diminished Gorbachev’s power and propelled Yeltsin and the democratic forces to the forefront of Soviet and Russian politics.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did Mikhail Gorbachev end the Cold War in 1991? He resigned and declared the Soviet Union dissolved. How did the fall of the Soviet Union affect other communist governments?
Detailed explanation-4: -At the age of 54, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected to the general secretariat by Politburo on 11 March 1985.