It Happened on Christmas Day

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev checks his watch before a televised address announcing his resignation in Moscow, 25 December 1991
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Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev checks his watch before a televised address announcing his resignation in Moscow, 25 December 1991. The Soviet Union was formally dissolved the following day and, on 27 December, Boris Yeltsin moved into Gorbachev's old office.

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