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== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
=== Breakup === | |||
In 1990 and 1991, the now-sovereign republics seceded from the Soviet Union, starting with the Baltic states. A referendum was held in March of 1991 in which 78% of the population voted to keep the Soviet Union, but this referendum was later ignored.<ref>{{Citation|author=Dieter Nohlen, Philip Stöver|year=2010|title=Elections in Europe: A data handbook|chapter=|section=|page=1647|quote=|pdf=|city=|publisher=|isbn=9783832956097|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> In August, several CPSU officials attempted to overthrow Gorbachev but the coup collapsed after three days.<ref>{{Citation|author=A. V. Ostrovskiy|year=2011|title=Stupidity or treason? Investigation into the death of the USSR|chapter=|section=|page=864|quote=|pdf=|city=|publisher=|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=Глупость или измена? Расследование гибели СССР|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> On September 6, 1991, the secession of the Baltics was recognized. On December 25, Gorbachev resigned and gave his power to the neoliberal [[Boris Yeltsin]]. The next day, the Soviet Union was dissolved. | |||
== Consequences == | == Consequences == |