1991 ⟶ Warsaw Pact Officially Dissolved
Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
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🚩 Warsaw Pact Founded
The Warsaw Pact is founded in Eastern Europe and includes East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. It acts as the Communist military counterpart to NATO.⟶
Cold WarWarsaw PactEastern EuropeMilitary AllianceSoviet UnionNATOEuropeEast Germany
🇷🇺 Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Prague Spring Reforms in Communist Czechoslovakia result in Warsaw Pact, led by Soviet Red Army, crushing Czechoslovakian revolt.⟶
CzechoslovakiaPrague SpringSoviet UnionWarsaw PactinvasionCold WarEastern Europecommunismpolitical repression
🧱 Bulgarian Communist Party Dissolved
The Bulgarian Communist Party, the ruling party of Bulgaria, is dissolved.⟶
BulgariaEastern EuropeCommunist PartyDissolutionPolitical ReformCold WarDemocratization1990s
📜 Russia Declares Sovereignty
Russia issues the Declaration of Sovereignty but never officially declares its independence from the Soviet Union. With the declaration, it declares that the laws and constitution of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR) to be above those of the Soviet Union. The loss of the RSFSR which was the most powerful of all the Soviet republics is a major blow to the Soviet Union.⟶
RussiaSovereigntySoviet UnionIndependenceRSFSRDissolutionCold WarPolitical Crisis1990s
👋 Warsaw Pact Officially Dissolved
Warsaw Pact is dissolved.⟶
Warsaw PactEastern BlocCold WarMilitary AllianceDissolutionEnd of Cold WarSoviet UnionTreatiesPost-Soviet Era
💥 Soviet Union Officially Dissolved
The Council of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dissolves the Soviet Union. The United States became the world's only superpower.⟶
Soviet UnionDissolutionSupreme SovietEnd of Cold WarUnited StatesSuperpowerPolitical TransitionInternational RelationsPost-Soviet EraGeopolitics