Which of the following occurred in the months after the failed coup in the Soviet Union? Check all of the boxes that apply.

After the failed coup in August 1991, Soviet republics increasingly declared independence, and the Soviet Union dissolved by the end of that year. Therefore, the correct choices are “The Soviet states declared independence” and “The Soviet Union collapsed.” Bush and Gorbachev had already declared the Cold War over in 1989, and Gorbachev did not try to end perestroika and glasnost after the coup.

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