December 26, 1991

[eagle7-31]

Dissolution of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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The communist Soviet Union dissolves. Too bad the same has not happened in China yet.

 

[martybegan]

Dissolution of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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The communist Soviet Union dissolves. Too bad the same has not happened in China yet.

I was on vacation as a teenager during the attempted coup earlier that year, and everyone was nervous that the hardliners would take over and try to get back Eastern Europe by force.

 

[whitehall]

The "Soviet Union" merely morphed into the Russia we know today. Nothing to celebrate except the fall of the Berlin Wall.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The "Soviet Union" merely morphed into the Russia we know today. Nothing to celebrate except the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The countries in the former Warsaw Pact tend to disagree with your assessment, however.