Mikhail Gorbachev resignation announcement

Title

Mikhail Gorbachev resignation announcement

Genre

Speech

TX Date

25 Dec 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:02

Description

President Mikhail Gorbachev announcing and giving reasons for his resignation (part of his resignation speech), with the voice of an interpreter, as the Soviet Union breaks up and is replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Contributors

Mikhail Gorbachev

Keywords

USSR; Heads of state; Presidents; Resignation (political); Mikhail Gorbachev; CIS countries

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