INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Attempt to reestablish communism
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Break away from Russia and become independent
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the aftermath of the Cold War, several of the former Soviet republics have retained close links with Russia and formed multilateral organizations such as the CIS, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), and the Union State, for economic and military cooperation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – were the first to break away from the USSR by proclaiming the restoration of their independence, between March and May 1990, claiming continuity from the original states that existed prior to their annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The number of the union republics of the USSR varied from 4 to 16. From 1956 until its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet Union consisted of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics.