1991 ⟶ Dissolution of the Soviet Union & Start of Algerian Civil War

December 26: Dissolution of the Soviet Union and independenc...
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🇷🇺 Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

December 30: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the world's first officially Communist state, is formed.⟶
Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (1922)
CommunismSoviet UnionUSSRRussian RevolutionIdeologyVladimir LeninTotalitarianismCold War
RussiaRussiaUkraineUkraineBelarusBelarusAzerbaijanAzerbaijanArmeniaArmeniaGeorgiaGeorgia

⚔️ Final Days of the Russian Civil War

June 16: End of Russian Civil War.⟶
Final Days of the Russian Civil War (1923)
Civil WarRussian RevolutionBolsheviksInterventionSoviet UnionCommunismVladimir LeninWarfareRevolution
RussiaRussiaUkraineUkraineBelarusBelarusKazakhstanKazakhstanUzbekistanUzbekistanTurkmenistanTurkmenistanTajikistanTajikistanKyrgyzstanKyrgyzstanGeorgiaGeorgiaArmeniaArmeniaAzerbaijanAzerbaijanEstoniaEstoniaLatviaLatviaLithuaniaLithuaniaPolandPolandFinlandFinland

🇩🇿 Algerian Independence Achieved

March 19: The Algerian War ends with the independence of Algeria.⟶
Algerian Independence Achieved (1962)
DecolonizationIndependenceNationalismCold WarPost-ColonialismCharles de Gaulle
AlgeriaAlgeriaFranceFrance

🔨 Perestroika Reforms Begin in the Soviet Union

January 2: Beginning of the perestroika ("restructuring"), a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s associated with Gorbachev and his glasnost ("openness") policy reform.⟶
Perestroika Reforms Begin in the Soviet Union (1988)
Soviet UnionPerestroikaGlasnostCold WarMikhail GorbachevCommunismPolitical Reform
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

💥 Dissolution of the Soviet Union & Start of Algerian Civil War

December 26: Dissolution of the Soviet Union and independence of 15 former Soviet republics. Beginning of the Algerian Civil War.⟶
Dissolution of the Soviet Union & Start of Algerian Civil War (1991)
Cold WarSoviet UnionIndependenceGeopoliticsCivil WarDecolonizationVladimir Putin
RussiaRussiaUkraineUkraineBelarusBelarusKazakhstanKazakhstanUzbekistanUzbekistanArmeniaArmeniaAzerbaijanAzerbaijanKyrgyzstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaMoldovaTurkmenistanTurkmenistanTajikistanTajikistanGeorgiaGeorgiaLithuaniaLithuaniaLatviaLatviaEstoniaEstoniaAlgeriaAlgeria