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This document was written by James A. Dorn of the Cato Institute. It is a table from his article in volume 11 of the Cato Journal in 1991. The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization — a think tank – dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues. (http://www.cato.org/about)
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From Plan to Market: The Post-Soviet Challenge
James A. Dorn
Cato Journal, Vol. 11
Cato Institute
1991
"The real political changes, however, began to occur in 1990 with the repeal of the Communist party's monopoly on power and culminated in 1991 with the popular election of Boris Yeltsin, the failed August coup d'etat, the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the resignation of Gorbachev, and the formal end of the USSR on December 31. Table 2 presents a summary of those and other key political events during the 1990-91 upheaval and death of the Soviet state."
James A. Dorn
Cato Journal, Vol. 11
Cato Institute
1991
"The real political changes, however, began to occur in 1990 with the repeal of the Communist party's monopoly on power and culminated in 1991 with the popular election of Boris Yeltsin, the failed August coup d'etat, the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the resignation of Gorbachev, and the formal end of the USSR on December 31. Table 2 presents a summary of those and other key political events during the 1990-91 upheaval and death of the Soviet state."