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Gorbachev resigned on 25 December 1991 and what was left of the Soviet parliament voted to dissolve the union the following day. The process began with growing unrest in the country's various constituent national republics developing into an incessant political and legislative conflict between them and the central government.
On 24 December 1991, the Russian SFSR – now renamed the Russian Federation – with the concurrence of the other republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States, informed the United Nations that it would inherit the Soviet Union's membership in the UN – including the Soviet Union's permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council ...
December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) ... 1991 – Avu-chan, Japanese musician, songwriter, actor, model and producer [100]
December 24, 1991 – Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union and the post is abolished; the red Soviet flag is lowered from the Moscow Kremlin, and in its place the flag of the Russian Federation is raised. December 25, 1991 – The Supreme Soviet dissolves the Soviet Union.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. 1991 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise, from top left: A destroyed Serbian T-55 tank during the Croatian War of Independence, the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars ; the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, the second ...
On 25 December 1991, Russian President Yeltsin informed UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar that the Soviet Union had been dissolved and that Russia would, as its successor state, continue the Soviet Union's membership in the United Nations. The document confirmed the credentials of the representatives of the Soviet Union as ...
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country broke Beverly Hills Cop ' s record ($15.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in December and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier ' s record ($17.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a television show.
December 8, 1991 – Treaty termination agreed by three of the four founding republics as the fourth founding member, the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, was dissolved back in 1936. December 21, 1991 – Another declaration is signed with the rest of the former Union (except Georgia and the Baltic states), terminating the ...