Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R) shakes hand

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 16: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R) shakes hands with Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Jiang Zemin 16 May 1991 in Moscow after signing and exchanging documents regarding long-standing border disputes along their common eastern border as Soviet Vice-President Gennady Yanayev (C) applauds. Three months later, 19 August, Gorbachev was toppled by a coup headed by the members of the self-styled "committee for the state of emergency" or the "gang of eight", including Soviet Vice President Gennady Yanayev and KGB chief Vladimir Kryuchkov. Thousands in Moscow, Leningrad and other cities answered the same day Russian Republic President Boris Yeltsin's call to raise barricades against tanks and troops. The collapse of the coup was signaled in the afternoon 21 August when the defence ministry ordered all troops to withdraw from Moscow. 21 December the Soviet Union ended and 25 December, Gorbachev resigned. (Photo credit should read VITALY ARMAND/AFP via Getty Images)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 16: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R) shakes hands with Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Jiang Zemin 16 May 1991 in Moscow after signing and exchanging documents regarding long-standing border disputes along their common eastern border as Soviet Vice-President Gennady Yanayev (C) applauds. Three months later, 19 August, Gorbachev was toppled by a coup headed by the members of the self-styled "committee for the state of emergency" or the "gang of eight", including Soviet Vice President Gennady Yanayev and KGB chief Vladimir Kryuchkov. Thousands in Moscow, Leningrad and other cities answered the same day Russian Republic President Boris Yeltsin's call to raise barricades against tanks and troops. The collapse of the coup was signaled in the afternoon 21 August when the defence ministry ordered all troops to withdraw from Moscow. 21 December the Soviet Union ended and 25 December, Gorbachev resigned. (Photo credit should read VITALY ARMAND/AFP via Getty Images)
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