Exit Stalin — reforms and repression in the postwar, pre-collapse USSR

Mark Smith’s impressive history surveys life in the Soviet Union, and its advances and failures from Khrushchev to Gorbachev ...
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The Soviet Collapse: An Analysis of a Superpower's Unexpected Demise

The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked a seismic shift in global politics. This documentary analyzes the key causes behind its sudden collapse, including economic stagnation, the costly war in ...
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What happened to the Eastern Bloc after Soviet collapse?

This video examines what happened to the nations of the Eastern Bloc after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. We trace the transition from communist rule to democracy and market economies, ...
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Hardline coup set the stage for Soviet collapse 30 years ago

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOSCOW (AP) — The world held its breath 30 ...