Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?

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• CI

  @Cipher71 · 6 years ago

  SKIP INTRO BUTTON: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKb87H2g6CM&amp;t=240">4:00</a>

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• DI

  @direwolf123 · 7 years ago (edited)

  You can&apos;t have a meaningful discussion about why Soviet Union collapsed without a through understanding of how Soviet economics functioned and how the Politburo &amp; Republic governments interacted.

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• SI

  @silentbob5566 · 5 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKb87H2g6CM&amp;t=4032">1:07:12</a> Effectively Gorbachev was not a social democrat, he was a socialist who wanted to reform socialism and not end it. Social democracy is based on capitalist economy that social democrats tax to provide extensive social services. Gorbachev was not trying to introduce capitalism.

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• JO

  @johnbabu3640 · 7 years ago

  The economic independence demand of Estonia which led to political autonomy which led to republics declaring independence; collapsed from within and west failed to rescue USSR because economically sound open USSR is a direct challenge to Western power.

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• JG

  @jgassman · 1 year ago

  Back then, people sold newspapers on the medians of intersections in my county. I remember sitting in the backseat and seeing a guy selling the afternoon edition of the Ft Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, waving it around, and in gigantic letters: &quot;COUP FAILS - GORBACHEV RESTORED TO POWER&quot;. I&apos;ll never forget that headline.

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• UJ

  @UJCentral · 6 years ago (edited)

  This should truthfully be called &quot;The Story Of Gorbachev, Including A Bit About How He Brought About The Demise Of The USSR&quot;. &nbsp;No surprise, Prof Taubman was promoting a Gorbachev biography he wrote.

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• FO

  @forens1k · 3 years ago

  I came home from school during these days, threw down [my books and sat down with my grandparents who raised me. Grandma said &quot;don&apos;t leave. You&apos;re watching history taking place.&quot; <br><br>I was mesmerized, as i had been around that time and earlier, watching what happened to Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife and also a velvet revolution. I had become just so curious, nearly obsessed. And finally when I was ready, I started to travel to former Soviet Bloc countries. It was the people, .of course who kept me going back. I ended up marrying a Czech Native. Our greatest, most anticipated journey was to Russia in 2019. Alas, I am very concerned that we shall never finish out the sojourn. &nbsp;<br>I wish with all my heart that a peace comes soon. I hope for diplomacy. Because I surely love that part of the world and its peoples.

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• LO

  @LosizakII · 7 years ago

  Great audio

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• DI

  @DisobedientSpaceWhale · 3 years ago

  Taubman onstage from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKb87H2g6CM&amp;t=244">4:04</a> - you&apos;re welcome ⚒️

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• BU

  @BUENHECTOR · 2 years ago

  Excellent presentation of Gorbachov.

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• RL

  @rlukinn · 6 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKb87H2g6CM&amp;t=480">8:00</a> The list of reasons &quot;Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?&quot;

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• JE

  @jedimadrox · 7 years ago

  This is an amazing video, thank you. Living in Mexico in the late 80s it was such a bizarre period to watch the USSR just crumble in a matter of months

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