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The dissolution of the Soviet Union concluded 32 years ago

Republics of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federative Soviet Socialist Republic highlighted in red. Image: Milenioscuro, own work, Wikimedia Commons
Republics of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federative Soviet Socialist Republic highlighted in red. Image: Milenioscuro, own work, Wikimedia Commons

The USSR’s parliament, voted to dissolve itself, making December 26, 1991, the final day of a long process of its collapse.