USSR Economic Collapse: Key Events and Causes

Uncover the factors behind the USSR’s economic collapse, including command economy flaws, ineffective reforms, and ...
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The cosmonaut stranded on Mir when the Soviet Union collapsed, and the Skylab “strike” that never happened

Sergei Krikalev watched the Soviet Union collapse from 200 miles above Earth, unsure when he would ever come home. Then, ...
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Journalist Gives Account Of Soviet Union Collapse

Anne Applebaum, a journalist and Pulitzer-prize winning author, began her lecture on Soviet totalitarianism by reading aloud the anthem of the East German Communist Party. The song extolls the virtues ...
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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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...
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Information Warfare: Shrinking Russian Soviet Influence

November 8, 2025: Russian leader Vladimir Putin believes it was a mistake to break up the Soviet Union in 1991 and many Russians agree with him. The fourteen new nations created or revived when the ...