WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when it collapsed
A
Ivan the Terrible
B
Mikhail Gorbachev
C
Vladimir Lenin
D
Nikita Khrushchev
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country’s dissolution in 1991.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: , IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] ( listen); 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the first president of Russia from 1991 to 1999.

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