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Belovezha Accords

1991 · 20th century · Also known as Białowieża Accords

The Belovezha Accords were signed on 8 December 1991 at Viskuli in the Belovezha Forest of Belarus by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus: Boris Yeltsin, Leonid Kravchuk and Stanislav Shushkevich. They declared that the Soviet Union had ceased to exist and founded the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Soviet Union was formally dissolved on 26 December 1991.

Belovezha Accords
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