The Warsaw Treaty Organization dissolves itself
The alliance wound itself up in two stages during 1991, its military structures first and the treaty afterwards, its member governments having in most cases changed hands in 1989 and 1990. The Soviet Union itself still existed when it happened, which makes the sequence worth noticing: the eastern alliance ended before the state that had built it.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Warsaw Treaty Organization · organisation · Central and Eastern Europe · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance (the Warsaw Treaty)
Supports the date and place of signature and the identity of the eight original parties. V55 verification basis: NOT consulted; no copy of the treaty text could be retrieved in this session. The two-stage dissolution in 1991 and the sequence of Albanian and Romanian detachment are stated at low precision for the same reason.
Signatory states, Warsaw · 1955-05-14 · Partly verified
Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance, signed at Warsaw, 14 May 1955
Recorded on Warsaw Treaty Organization
- The Warsaw Treaty is signed
- Warsaw Pact forces invade Czechoslovakia
- The Warsaw Treaty Organization dissolves itself
- The Soviet Union is formally dissolved
Related
Related because they share a subject in the Atlas — never because the text looks similar.
- The Soviet Union is formally dissolved · 1991-12-26
- Warsaw Pact forces invade Czechoslovakia · 1968-08-20 – 1968-08-21
- The Warsaw Treaty is signed · 1955-05-14