Arrange the sequence of the events of the disintegration of the Soviet union in accordance of their chronological order, the oldest one comes first
A. The communist party hardiness stage an abortive coup against Gorbachev
B. Mikhail Gorbachev elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
C. Independence movement begins in Lithuania, later spreads to Estonia and Latvia
D. Gorbachev resigns as the President of the Soviet Union
E. Soviet Union declares that the Warsaw pact members are free to decide their own futures
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