The Break-Up of the Soviet Union. Witness History. The Presidents of the Soviet Republics of Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia met and signed a treaty which ended 70 years of Soviet communism.

On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. The Great Patriotic War lasted 3 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 3 days.

We bring you a special edition of the FRANCE 24 Debate marking the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Growing up, it seemed as if the zero-sum game of the Cold War would last ...

On Dec. 25, 1991, the Soviet Union dissolved. Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the leader of the USSR, stepped down, and Boris Yeltsin became president of a newly independent Russia.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia has described the break-up of the Soviet Union as the "greatest geopolitical disaster of the last century". In a nod to Russians' lingering nostalgia for ...

The Break-Up of the Soviet Union. The History Hour. Key players in the fall of the USSR, including the signatories to the dissolution treaty, recall the momentous events of December 1991.