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The dissolution of the USSR was a completely peaceful process. Gorbachev held a referendum, in each of the 16 Soviet republics, asking if the citizens would like their republic to remain a part of the USSR or if they would prefer it to be an independent nation. The result was that all 16 republics, including Russia itself, voted that they would rather leave the USSR. As a result, the USSR was dissolved. Not a single shot was fired. It was a remarkable exercise in democracy, in a nation that had been utterly undemocratic in its previous history.

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