Estonia / Armenia / Russia / Soviet Union / Moldova / Georgia / Lithuania / /
Facility
Vilnius TV Tower / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
nationalist media / /
Organization
Central Committee / Estonian Supreme Council / Commonwealth of Independent States / Latvian Parliament / USSR / General Committee on the State Emergency / Soviet Army / Russian Federation's parliament / Soviet government / White House / United Nations / United States Army Special Forces / Communist Party / Security Council / KGB / Moscow government / Latvian Supreme Council / Council of Republics / /
Person
Nikolai Ryzhkov / Boris Yeltsin / Valentin Pavlov / Dmitriy Yazov / Gennadi Yanayev / Gorbachev / Vladimir Kryuchkov / /
PoliticalEvent
Council vote / democratic elections / /
Position
common president / foreign policy and military / Prime Minister / president / vice president / president of the Soviet Union / Secretary General / common president / foreign policy / Ambassador / chief / defence minister / Chairman / candidate / Gorbachev's vice president / /
ProvinceOrState
Chechnya / /
Region
Baltics / Central Asian republics / Baltic States / /
The Dismantlement of the USSR The weakening of the Soviet government led to a series of events that eventually caused the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a gradual process that took place from about 19 January 1990 to 3