The Union Reborn - the story of the Union of Soviet Sovereign States
By ElectricSheepNo54
Prologue
Crimea - 19th August 1991
The investigation report would eventually conclude bad weather caused the crash. The Tupolev Tu-154, flying from Sverdlosk, had overshot the runway and crashed into a field beyond. The strong military aircraft became a smouldering wreck. The crash took the lives of 15 people, including four major military men - Oleg Baklanov, Valeriy Boldin, Oleg Shenin and Valentin Varennikov. Premier Gorbachev inspected the wreckage at the airport with a mix of disbelief and surprise - the event came completely out of the blue. Later he would phone Yanayev to try and find out what the men were doing on the flight. Official services would be scheduled to remember the victims. But tomorrow's events would still go to plan. And the USSR would never be the same again.
The Kremlin, Moscow - 20th August 1991
On behalf of the Russian SFSR, Mikhail Gorbachev signed his name on the New Union Treaty alongside those on behalf of Ukraine, Byelorussia, Azerbaijan, Kirghizia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. In the evening, word was sent to major news outlets around the world and the UN - soon, the Soviet Union as it was would be no more. In its place, the Union of Soviet Sovereign States would rise. The flag and the coat of arms would be the same, but things would be different. The Union was reborn...
I hope you will enjoy my new TL, examining a world where the New Union Treaty was signed. Hopefully, future updates will be longer. Remember to offer feedback!
By ElectricSheepNo54
Prologue
Crimea - 19th August 1991
The investigation report would eventually conclude bad weather caused the crash. The Tupolev Tu-154, flying from Sverdlosk, had overshot the runway and crashed into a field beyond. The strong military aircraft became a smouldering wreck. The crash took the lives of 15 people, including four major military men - Oleg Baklanov, Valeriy Boldin, Oleg Shenin and Valentin Varennikov. Premier Gorbachev inspected the wreckage at the airport with a mix of disbelief and surprise - the event came completely out of the blue. Later he would phone Yanayev to try and find out what the men were doing on the flight. Official services would be scheduled to remember the victims. But tomorrow's events would still go to plan. And the USSR would never be the same again.
The Kremlin, Moscow - 20th August 1991
On behalf of the Russian SFSR, Mikhail Gorbachev signed his name on the New Union Treaty alongside those on behalf of Ukraine, Byelorussia, Azerbaijan, Kirghizia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. In the evening, word was sent to major news outlets around the world and the UN - soon, the Soviet Union as it was would be no more. In its place, the Union of Soviet Sovereign States would rise. The flag and the coat of arms would be the same, but things would be different. The Union was reborn...
I hope you will enjoy my new TL, examining a world where the New Union Treaty was signed. Hopefully, future updates will be longer. Remember to offer feedback!
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