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Turning point · The Cold War, 1945–1991
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.
This is one scene of Chapter 12 — The End — and the Arguments in The Cold War, 1945–1991.
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