When did the Soviet Union collapse , and what caused it to happen?

• What changed in soviet policy happened before it’s collapse?
• How did non- Russian nations like Latvia and Lithuania react to weaker Soviet union control ?
• How did the collapse affect the Cold War?

It collapsed in December 26, 1991 the failed August Coup in 1991 led to the end of the Communist party in USSR.

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•Latvia declared the end of the transitional period and restored full independence on 21 August 1991 in the aftermath of the failed Soviet coup attempt. The Soviet Union had seized the Baltic state of Lithuania in 1939. They were announced an independent nation on 11 March 1990.

•What resulted from this taste of freedom was the revolution that ended the Cold War. 

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