1990s

Question 1

1990

Answer 1

• Feb - Lithuania declared independence, 12 killed by soviet troops
• March - Estonia declared independence
• May - Latvia declared independence
• May-June - Washington Summit (B+G), further discussions of START
• Democratic elections in Romania, won by largely communist National Salvation Front
• 3 Oct - Germany reunited as a single country

Question 2

1991

Answer 2

• 31 July - Treaty from the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START I) signed, reduced strategic warheads by 25-35%
• Aug - Coup against Gorbachev. By Communist hard-liners. Unsuccessful but Gorbachev’s position never recovered.
• 26 Dec - USSR Supreme Soviet voted to dissolve itself. Russia’s President Yeltsin seized Gorbachev’s office in the Kremlin