Labels:text | screenshot | font | map OCR: THE FALL OF COMMUNISM SOVIET UNION OVERVIEW LEADERSHIP CRISIS U. S. S. R. SOVIET UNION POLITICAL REFORMS FOREIGN AFFAIRS EASTERN EUROPE INCREASING TURMOIL LEADERS END OF THE UNION When the Soviet Union was dissolved in December 1991, most of its constituent republics agreed to form END OF THE UNION a Commonwealth of Independent States. Although, in theory, they were now free of control from Moscow, some states retained a special relationship with Russia. CHRONOLOGY . NEWSFLASH ...
