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1990
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- 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
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1991
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- 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
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