Lowering of the last Soviet flag, Moscow, 26 December 1991

Lowering of the last Hammer and Sickle flag of the Soviet Union. For more on the state symbols of the Soviet Union, see http://nationalanthems.me/soviet-union-national-anthem-of-the-ussr. The lowering of the last flag, in the Kremlin, Moscow, on 26 December 1991, signified the end of the USSR and the beginning of the post-soviet era. For more on post-soviet culture and history, see http://hauntingeurope.com.