"We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it."
-Borris Yeltsin
-Borris Yeltsin
The Fall
•Gorbachev made a couple of major changes in 1990
•First was he introduced ‘rule of law’
•He felt that socialism could be achieved within a democratic state
•Second was the ‘500 day plan’ dealing with the deficit
•Finally, the Union Treaty giving the republics more autonomy
•First was he introduced ‘rule of law’
•He felt that socialism could be achieved within a democratic state
•Second was the ‘500 day plan’ dealing with the deficit
•Finally, the Union Treaty giving the republics more autonomy
The Break up
•An attempted coup d’etat takes place in Aug. 1991
•He is saved by Boris Yeltsin who became the effective leader of the country
•Gorbachev became a lame duck leader and Yeltsin made the final step to outlaw the Communist party in the Russian Republic
•Dec. 1, 1991 an independence vote is held in the Ukraine which voted in favour of independence
•This led to the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the end of the USSR
•He is saved by Boris Yeltsin who became the effective leader of the country
•Gorbachev became a lame duck leader and Yeltsin made the final step to outlaw the Communist party in the Russian Republic
•Dec. 1, 1991 an independence vote is held in the Ukraine which voted in favour of independence
•This led to the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the end of the USSR
Summary
In 1991 a coup d’etat takes place in disagreement to Gorbachev's ideas. Fortunately Boris Yeltsin came to his the rescue and eventually becomes the leader of the country. Yeltsin later makes the final steps to outlaw the communist party in the Russian Republic.