25th Dec Moscow Gorbachev resigns his position as President of the USSR , signifying the demise of the Soviet Union, 14 former Soviet republics (including Russia) become independent states
25th Dec Moscow Resigns as leader of the Communist Party
25th Dec Gorbachev goes on television to announce his resignation as the eighth and final leader of a Communist superpower that had already gone out of existence, ousted as Soviet leader BorisYeltsin established his position
25th Dec Gorbachev's resignation & the establishment of the Russian Republic ends the "Cold War"
