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The collapse of the USSR was the process of systemic disintegration in the social structure, national economy, and political sphere of the Soviet Union, which led to the termination of its existence on December 26, 1991.
The disintegration process began in the second half of the 1980s with the beginning of perestroika; manifested itself, in particular, in the desire of the Soviet republics for greater state and economic independence from the central government and ended with the signing of the Belovezhskaya agreements on December 8 and the Alma-Ata declaration on December 21, establishing a confederal union of former Soviet republics, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the adoption of the declaration on the termination of the existence of the USSR on December 26, 1991.
Cyrus' conquest was relatively humane compared to empires preceding his, such as the Babylonians and Assyrians. He allowed many areas of his empire a great deal of autonomy, rather than centrally controlling things. This distributed leadership allowed Persia to cover a greater geographical area than previous empires in that era and still be fairly stable, since most of its subjects were content to remain under Persian rule. Persian law was more codified and less arbitrary than previous empires; the king's seal declared approval of law which could only be reversed by further approved decrees -- not quite rule of law but going in that direction.
They were hated, tortured, and people attempted to kill them until they reached Utah. They called it their "Zion".
Yes! Once you are at age 18+ you have the right to vote.
