<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" id="mwAQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">Dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>: The leaders of 11 now effectively autonomous Soviet republics sign the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma-Ata_Protocol" id="mwAQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alma-Ata Protocol">Alma-Ata Protocol</a> establishing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States" id="mwAQU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth of Independent States">Commonwealth of Independent States</a> in place of the collapsing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>.<sup about="#mwt72" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_21#cite_note-11" id="mwAQc" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQg">[11]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"><cite about="#mwt69" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFFedor1995">Fedor, Helen (1995). <i id="mwBgk">Belarus and Moldova: Country Studies</i> (1st<span id="mwBgo" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>ed.). Washington, D.C.: <a href="./Federal_Research_Division" id="mwBgs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Federal Research Division">Federal Research Division</a>. p.<span id="mwBgw" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>195. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBg0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBg4" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/0844408492" id="mwBg8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/0844408492"><bdi id="mwBhA">0844408492</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt69" class="Z3988" id="mwBhE" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Belarus+and+Moldova%3A+Country+Studies&amp;rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&amp;rft.pages=195&amp;rft.edition=1st&amp;rft.pub=Federal+Research+Division&amp;rft.date=1995&amp;rft.isbn=0844408492&amp;rft.aulast=Fedor&amp;rft.aufirst=Helen&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+21"></span></span>