WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The following day, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR’s upper chamber, the Soviet of the Republics formally dissolved the Union. The events of the dissolution also marked the major conclusion of the Revolutions of 1989 and the end of the Cold War.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two superpowers, but they each supported opposing sides in major regional conflicts known as proxy wars.

Detailed explanation-4: -As World War II transformed both the United States and the USSR, turning the nations into formidable world powers, competition between the two increased. Following the defeat of the Axis powers, an ideological and political rivalry between the United States and the USSR gave way to the start of the Cold War.