Downfall of Gorbachev
Gorbachev's reforms encouraged the Republics of the Soviet Union (the Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) to break away from the USSR.
In 1990, to avoid the dissolution of the USSR, Gorbachev reorganized her into the Union of sovereign Soviet States, loose federation.
The conservatives staged the 8.19 Coup against Gorbachev in 1991.
In 1990, to avoid the dissolution of the USSR, Gorbachev reorganized her into the Union of sovereign Soviet States, loose federation.
The conservatives staged the 8.19 Coup against Gorbachev in 1991.
Yeltsin led the Russian people to end the coup but demanded that Gorbachev resign.
Gorbachev stepped down after the coup and was replaced by Yeltsin in 1991.