Baltic independence, the Vilnius crackdown, and rising opposition—Sobchak wins the 1991 mayoral election and Leningrad becomes Saint Petersburg again. Hardliners launch the August 1991 coup, but it ...
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of one of the most powerful empires of the 20th century. In this video, we explore the key causes from economic stagnation and political reform ...
Russian-born journalist Mikhail Zygar joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'The Dark Side of the Earth' on the fall of Soviet Union and the rise of Putin. Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq ...
And at five minutes to 7 p.m. on Christmas Day 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev walked through the Kremlin into a wood-paneled room that was jammed with reporters. He was there to sign a decree relinquishing ...
MINSK, 25 June (BelTA) – After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO's existence was no longer justified, historian Yevgeny Spitsyn said in the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on ...
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