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dissolution of the Soviet Union

process leading to the late-1991 breakup of the USSR
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Summary

dissolution of the Soviet Union is a dissolution of an administrative territorial entity[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of dissolution of an administrative territorial entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45,710 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Soviet Union[3]
  • Instance of: end cause[4]
  • Main regulatory text: Belovezh Accords[5], Alma-Ata Protocol[6], Declaration of the USSR Council of the Republics regarding the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States[7], Q19181086[8], 1977 Soviet Constitution[9], 1936 Soviet Constitution[10], Q115926086[11], Declaration of the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[12], Q19227157[13]
  • Follows: dissolution of the Russian Empire[14]
  • Location: Soviet Union[15]
  • Subclass of: dissolution[16], dismemberment[17]
  • Part of: Revolutions of 1989[18]
  • Commons category: Collapse of the Soviet Union[19]
  • Foundational text: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[20]
  • Point in time: December 26, 1991[21]
  • Has cause: perestroika[22], Leninism[23], Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic[24], New Union Treaty[25], Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia[26], Declaration of the USSR Council of the Republics regarding the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States[27], New political thinking[28], Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1991[29], Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dissolution of the Soviet Union[31]
  • Described at URL: http://ru-90.ru/tutorial/raspad-sssr[32]
  • Topic has template: Template:苏联解体[33]
  • Has immediate cause: International Federation for Victory Over Communism[34]
  • Has effect: Russo-Ukrainian war[35]
  • Short name: Dezmembrarea URSS[36]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
  • Theorized by: Gennady Yanayev[38]

Why It Matters

dissolution of the Soviet Union has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Gennady Yanayev Mikhail Mishustin Otto Wille Kuusinen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . Divine Principle. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → event/the-collapse-of-the-Soviet-Union
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: event/the-collapse-of-the-Soviet-Union"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Location → Soviet Union
    Svkkl authority id → 0428817-rozpad-Sovetskeho-svazu-1991
    Point in time → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0428817-rozpad-Sovetskeho-svazu-1991, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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