Which one of the following statements is correct regarding disintegration of the Soviet Union?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Russian parliament declared its independence from the Soviet Union in June, 1990.
Option (1) Boris Yeltsin was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in June, 1988. — Incorrect. Gorbachev became the General Secretary in March 1985 and appointed Yeltsin head of the Communist Party in Moscow.
Option (2) Independence movement began in Lithuania in March, 1989. — Incorrect. It began in June 1988; in March 1990 Lithuania declared its independence.
Option (3) Russian parliament declared its independence from the Soviet Union in June, 1990. — Correct.
Option (4) Gorbachev resigned as the President of the Soviet Union in December 1990, ushering the end of Soviet Union. — Incorrect. He resigned on 25 December 1991.
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