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Question: Okay in 1991 in Russia!.!.what happened!?
Alright this is a question from school and I need to know what happened in 1991!. I kinda have 2 guesses did the USSR Collapse then or did russia turn to capitalism!? Or is that the same thing!?!? also if you know give me a source and the leader of russia or USSR at that time if u know!

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
The Russian Federation, or Russia was founded!. The USSR fell, and basically this meant the end to the Cold War!. also, Russia was saying communism was bad, and it turned to a social capitalism goverment!.
The President of the USSR when it fell was Mikail Gorbahcev!. The first leader of Russia, after the fall of the USSR, was Boris Yeltsin!.
For more, check
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/History_of_!.!.!.
or the Simple English Article on that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 when Boris Yeltsin seized power in the aftermath of a failed coup that had attempted to topple reform-minded Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the last leader of the Soviet Union!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In 1991 The USSR collapsed!. Boris Yeltsin overthrown the communists and became the first president of Russia!.

Its all in Wikipedia

It should be in other languages too :DWww@QuestionHome@Com