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The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.
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Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Highest organ of state authority of the Soviet Union
The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (SSUSSR) was the highest organ of state authority of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991. Based on the principle of unified power, it was the only branch of government in the Soviet state.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
1988–1991 breakup of sovereign state
The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. It also brought an end to the Soviet Union's federal government…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cold War
1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
December 26
Day of the year
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