... Germany reunified in 1990, but soon, revolution spread to the Soviet Union itself. After surviving a hard line coup attempt in 1991, Gorbachev was forced to cede power in Russia to Boris Yeltsin, who oversaw the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The collapse of communism in East Central Europe and the Soviet Union marked the end of the cold war. The U.S. long-term ... ...

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... at home. A military coup was attempted by a group of anti-reformists. Leaders of the army, the KGB and the Interior Ministry placed Gorbachev under arrest and took over the government. Boris Yeltsin, a supporter of immediate reform, called on the people to resist the coup. Demonstrations and strikes broke out across the country and the coup collapsed. Reformists took control and the final ... ...

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