Europe 1991: Collapse of the Soviet Union
25 December 1991
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The failure of the August coup broke the Communist Party and ended Soviet dominance. Real power now lay in the hands of the component republics, such as Russia and Ukraine. On December 25, unable to stop the republics from asserting their independence, Gorbachev resigned and the Soviet Union was officially dissolved.
