Cold War · TURNING POINT ·
Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
On the Cold War map as “The flag comes down”
25 Dec 1991 — Gorbachev resigns a country that no longer exists; the red banner over the Kremlin is lowered at 7:32 p.m. The Cold War ends not with a treaty but with a flag.
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- End of the Cold War (chapter 12 of Cold War)
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- The Cold War, 1945–1991
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