Collapse of the USSR | Bush Presidency

Explore how the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991 after its component parts declared their independence and formed the Commonwealth of Independent States. George H. W. Bush and his foreign policy team had supported the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, as he unintentionally dismantled the Soviet empire. Gorbachev stepped down from power when the Soviet Union came to an end. This resource is part of the Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team collection.