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Purpose
To grow in your understanding of the process of the events that led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. 

Instructions

• Use this Webpage - 20 Years Since The Fall of the Soviet Union - The Atlantic to complete the Guided Notes
• Use this Webpage - Former Soviet Union (USSR) Countries to learn about all the independent countries that were established to replace the former global power.

Guided Notes

• Which of the Soviet republics was the first to declare their independence?
• What did Soviet President Gorbachev order all Lithuanians to surrender in March of 1990?
• How many Soviet serviceman were killed in 1990?
• How many demonstrators marched on the Kremlin in Moscow on January 20, 1991?
• What actions did the Soviet Red Army take on January 13th, 1991?
• Who were the leaders of the August Coup, 1991?
• How many people ignored a declared state of emergency and gathered in front of the Russian parliament building in order to support Boris Yeltsin, on August 20, 1991?
• What happened in Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow, on August 22, 1991?
• What bands played for Soviet rock fans in a concert in Moscow on September 28, 1991?
• Citizens of what country voted on a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union at the Ukraine Embassy in Moscow, on December 1, 1991?
• On what date did Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's give his resignation speech on Soviet television?
• When did the Russian flag replace the Soviet flag over the Kremlin at Red Square in Moscow?