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Russian Republic
History of Russia
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| 23rd Dec President Bush speaks by telephone with Russian President Yeltsin, after which a senior Bush administration official said the USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States would extend diplomatic recognition to the Russian republic
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| 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 Boris Yeltsin established his position
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| 25th Dec Gorbachev's resignation & the establishment of the Russian Republic ends the "Cold War"
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