U.S.S.R. Toppled, Paving the Way for Reforms in Former Soviet Republics
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Geography
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Communism, Communists, Human Rights, Civil Wars, Coups, Cold War
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Baltic States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Republic of, Azerbaijan, Moldava
- Date: December, 1991
Article abstract: During late 1991, disastrous economic conditions, worsening quality of material life, growing nationalist separatism, and a coup attempt destroyed confidence in the central Soviet government and led to the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Summary of Event
According to the 1936 constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), citizens of the U.S.S.R. possessed freedom of speech, press, assembly, and demonstration, as well as equality of rights, irrespective of nationality or race. The constitution...
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