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All communist countries fell on December 25 1991.

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The Soviet Bloc ( Soviet aligned countries of Eastern Europe) began to gain independence from the Soviet Union because Joseph Stalin said that the Soviet Union would no longer interfere with their internal politics.

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On 25 December, Gorbachev resigned and turned over his presidential powers—including control of the nuclear launch codes—to Yeltsin, who was now the first president of the Russian Federation. That evening, the Soviet flag was lowered from the Kremlin and replaced with the Russian tricolor flag.
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Step-by-step explanation:

On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a sovereign state. Its collapse was gradual and, some would say, even inevitable. Here are some major milestones in the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., which put 15 new countries on the map.

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