Question

Can I please have a brief explanation of the fall of the soviet union?

Answer 1

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) formally ceased to exist on 26 December 1991 by declaration no. 142-H of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union,[1] acknowledging the independence of the twelve republics of the Soviet Union, and creating the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). On the previous day, 25 December 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned, declaring his office extinct, and handed over the Soviet nuclear missile launching codes to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. That same evening at 7:32 P.M. the Soviet flag was lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the Russian tricolor. In the previous weeks, 11 of the 12 soviet republics had signed the Alma-Ata Protocol formally establishing the CIS and declaring that the Soviet Union had ceased to exist.[2][3] The dissolution of the state also marked an end to the Cold War. The Revolutions of 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union led to the end of decades-long hostility between North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact, which had been the defining feature of the Cold War.

Many former Soviet republics have retained close links with Russia and formed multilateral organizations such as the Eurasian Economic Community, the Union State, the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, and the Eurasian Union to enhance economic and security cooperation.

Answer 2

medal please XD @drumminboy918 glad i could help

Answer 3

No, you copy and pasted that from here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union

@Acarpenter2

Answer 4

The Soviet Union fell after an economic crisis and a failed coup by members of the Communist Party who were opposed to Gorbachev's reforms.

Answer 5

@drumminboy918 you told me to give you an answer, not to write my own opinion

Answer 6

You didn't give me an answer, you committed plagiarism and copy right

Answer 7

@drumminboy918 its not plagerism I didnt pass it off as my own, lol noob

Answer 8

So do I get my medal or not.

Answer 9

When copy and pasting, you need to state where it came from. In that paragraph I see no where that you gave Wikipedia any "props" at all

Answer 10

@drumminboy918 and i don't see where your giving people "props" as you call it on your test, that this question is obviously for. Do you really want to play this game?

Answer 11

I asked personally for this answer, I never copied it of the website

Answer 12

I asked can I have a brief explanation