The Russian Revolution of ’90-91 continues: President Boris Yeltsin, of the Russian Federation meets with President Mikhail Gorbachev, of the Soviet Union.  The two reach an agreement that the U.S.S.R. will be dissolved by year’s-end.

       [added 2/18/2023]

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References:

CHRONOLOGY-Communism’s fall around eastern Europe – Reuters
www.reuters.com/article/idUSL10690064

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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