causes collapse of the USSR is as complex as the consequences.The restructuring of one of its tasks put reform of the state system of the Union.Getting publicity has opened up the possibility of the media coverage of such facts that previously they never got.As soon as the question was raised about the impossibility of self-development of some ethnic groups inhabiting it (which was not so little).Gradually it became visible contradictions that have accumulated, but not discussed publicly.Since 1988, these contradictions began to pour in interethnic conflicts (Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, etc.).One by one republic began to announce its decision to withdraw from the Union.The first to insist that the Baltic countries.Already in 1990 Lithuania declared its independence, which accelerated out of the Union of Latvia and Estonia.
The country's leadership has taken some measures to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union.A referendum was held in 1991 in which people were given the right to speak on the issue of preservation of the Union.The majority of citizens voted for a unified socialist state, but many supported the idea of introducing the presidency in Russia.June 12 elections, the results of which Mikhail Gorbachev came to power.There was a need for power-sharing between the republics.A draft of the Union Treaty (9 republics +1 President of the USSR).It was planned to sign a document on August 22.That did not happen.
August 19 was established State Committee on the State of Emergency, the troops entered Moscow.President of the Soviet Union turned out to be actually under arrest on the Crimean dacha.August 22, were arrested members of the Emergency Committee, and Gorbachev returned to Moscow.And in September, began to develop a new treaty on the establishment of a confederal union of sovereign (not Soviet) states.However, December 8, 1991 the leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine have announced the creation of the CIS.So I was issued a final collapse of the USSR.By the end of December it signed up another 8 states.December 25, Gorbachev announced his resignation.
collapse of the USSR called peaceful and bloodless.Many believe that any of it is regrettable as the events that took place in December 1991, became the most successful variant of the inevitable collapse of the empire.According to the research team, if Moscow had tried to save the Union, it is possible to have many millions of human sacrifices.However, if you take a closer look at what was a collapse of the USSR and its impact on what, we can find many reasons to doubt this bloodless event.
problem of liquidation of the Union still remains one of the most debated in political circles.Evaluation of the events is not clear.Of all today's brightest politicians only Russia Putin calls decay tragic event and geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century.
The Internet has recently published an article, which provides an assessment of the consequences of the collapse of the Union in terms of loss of human life.According to these data, the number of victims has reached figures of 100 000 to 600 000 people.First of all, it is about the direct losses in the course of military operations on the territory of the former USSR in Karabakh, Transnistria, South Ossetia, Chechnya, Abkhazia and Tajikistan.
Named 100,000 dead - this is officially confirmed statistics.But we must understand that the conduct of an objective account of the war impossible.Get at least the conditions in Nagorno-Karabakh during the conflict.If we add indirect losses due to the collapse of health care in the territories involved in the war, rampant crime, mass production stop, total alcoholism and drug addiction, despair, struck millions of people, it becomes clear that the number can be increased almost an order of magnitude.The collapse of the Soviet Union was not as peaceful as it seems at first glance.
