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The collapse of the Soviet Union from Brezhnev's stagnation to December 1991. Not Cold War triumphalism — the internal story: a command economy that couldn't feed Siberia, the nationalities question Lenin never solved, the Afghanistan disaster, Chernobyl breaking the spell, Gorbachev's reform gamble, Eastern Europe walking out in 1989, the Baltic chain, the August coup, and Yeltsin on a tank. The prequel to Putin's Russia. — a daily series with new episodes every day.
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On the morning of 19 August 1991, Soviet citizens turned on their radios and heard classical music. No news. No statement. Just Tchaikovsky — and everyone who had lived through Soviet history knew immediately that someth
(00:00:00) Russia Declares Sovereignty: The War of Laws That Broke the Union (00:01:06) What 1989 Left Behind (00:02:20) Lithuania Moves First (00:03:17) Russia Declares Sovereignty (00:04:46) The Economy Accelerates the
(00:00:00) The Domino the Soviets Couldn't Stop: 1989 and the End of Empire (00:00:48) The Satellite Empire and What Held It (00:01:49) Gorbachev's Retreat from the Brezhnev Doctrine (00:03:01) Poland First (00:04:03) Hu
(00:00:00) Eastern Europe Walks Out: 1989 and the Empire's Point of No Return (00:00:36) The Stagnation That Set the Stage (00:02:42) Afghanistan and the Mortal Army (00:04:18) Chernobyl Breaks the Spell (00:05:47) Gorba
(00:00:00) The Map That Lied: How Lenin's Federal Bargain Planted a Time Bomb (00:01:02) The Bargain Lenin Made (00:02:46) The Force That Held It Together (00:03:56) What the Republics Actually Felt (00:05:53) The System
(00:00:00) Brezhnev's Trap to Gorbachev's Gamble: Why Reform Became Revolution (00:00:51) Brezhnev's Stability Trap (00:02:33) The Weight of the Gun (00:04:02) Chernobyl and the Breaking of the Spell (00:05:29) Gorbachev
(00:00:00) Glasnost Meets the Reactor: How Chernobyl Broke the Soviet Information State (00:01:13) What Happened at Reactor Number Four (00:02:57) The Coverup and Its Collapse (00:04:45) Glasnost Meets the Reactor (00:06
(00:00:00) The Soldiers Who Wouldn't Stay Silent: How the Afgantsy Cracked the System (00:01:10) The Architecture of Controlled Truth (00:02:53) The War That Couldn't Be Explained (00:04:24) The First Cracks in the Monop
(00:00:00) The Red Army's Unwinnable War: How Afghanistan Broke the Soviet Myth (00:00:49) The Decision No One Owned (00:02:10) The Red Army Meets Its Limits (00:03:45) The Cost That Didn't Appear in Official Figures (00
(00:00:00) When the Lie Became the System: Brezhnev, Afghanistan, and Chernobyl (00:00:47) The Stability Trap (00:02:10) The Economy That Couldn't Feed Itself (00:03:56) Afghanistan and the Invincible Army (00:05:41) Che
(00:00:00) Afghanistan, Grain Queues, and a Military Bill Nobody Could Pay (00:00:49) Brezhnev's Stability Trap (00:02:35) The Command Economy's Daily Failure (00:04:03) The Military Bill Nobody Could Afford (00:06:15) C
(00:00:00) The Command Economy's Slow Suffocation: Grain, Guns, and Lies (00:01:05) The Stability Trap (00:02:18) What Central Planning Actually Meant (00:03:50) The Grain Import Secret (00:05:05) The Military Budget Tha
(00:00:00) The Stability Trap: How Brezhnev Froze the Soviet Economy (00:00:53) The Stability Trap (00:02:25) The Economy That Couldn't Feed Itself (00:04:41) The Numbers Don't Lie (00:06:17) The Nationalities Question (
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