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Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
Book • 2022
This book provides a comprehensive account of the Soviet Union's collapse, highlighting how Gorbachev's reforms, intended to modernize and democratize the Soviet Union, ultimately led to its demise.
It explores the economic strains, nationalist separatism, and the roles of key figures like Boris Yeltsin.
It explores the economic strains, nationalist separatism, and the roles of key figures like Boris Yeltsin.
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in the context of a potential Marshall Plan for the Soviet Union in 1991.


Dominic Sandbrook

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160. The Fall of the Soviet Union
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, as a book he authored about the fall of the Soviet Union.


Vladislav Zubok

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Frenemies: Russia & the USA, a History
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, referencing his book on the Soviet archives.


Vladislav Zubok

Putin's mass drone attack 'fails' as Ukraine’s special forces wreck Russian fighter jets in daring night-time raid