Soviet Monopoly Ends: Communist Party Gives Up Power
The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party formally surrenders its monopoly on power, shattering the ideological foundation that held the USSR together for seventy years. This decisive move accelerates the collapse of the union, triggering a cascade of independence declarations across Eastern Europe and ending the Cold War's bipolar order.
February 7, 1990
36 years ago
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Collapse of the Soviet Union
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Central Committee
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Soviet Communist Party
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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Central committee
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Moscow
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Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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One-party state
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