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In this video, we analyze the internal and external pressures that led to the Soviet Union's downfall. From economic stagnation to political unrest and the influence of Western powers, uncover the ...

As the result of the energetic measures adopted by the Soviet authorities, the incidence of malaria in the U.S.S.R. has greatly declined. According to Prof. Sergiyev, head of the Malaria ...

Key players in the fall of the USSR, including the signatories to the dissolution treaty, recall the momentous events of December 1991. Show more December 1991 saw the end of 70 years of communist ...

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Visitors look at the painting "The signing of the treaty on the formation of the USSR on Dec. 30, 1922, in the Bolshoi Theater" by Stepan Dudnik at the State Central Museum of Contemporary History ...

The 1970s brought another paradigmatic shift. Under Brezhnev, Soviet society as a whole adopted a westernized lifestyle. This filtered into everyday life through the decline of the communitarian ethos ...