Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The collapse of the USSR is one of the most significant events of the 20th century. And the debate about why this great country collapsed overnight is still raging today. Some think that it fell apart because of incapable rulers (looking at you, Mikhail Gorbachev), some say it was an evil masterplan of the Western World. But today we will discuss another aspect of the last years of the USSR's life that is not often remembered. The fact is that in the last decade of the USSR's life, airplanes crashed, trains and nuclear reactors exploded, steamships collided, and other crazy incidents occurred literally every year. Today we will try to recollect all the unbelievable man-made disasters of the Soviet Union in the 1980s and answer the question...was it just a coincidence? Or was it something more?
00:00 Disasters in the Soviet Union
02:15 Why the '80s?
03:37 - 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision
05:25 - Radiological accident in Kramatorsk
05:55 - Sverdlovsk anthrax leak
07:33 - 1980-1981
08:38 - The 'Alexander Suvorov' accident
10:16 - Collapse of a dormitory building in Kurgan
12:11 - K-431 Chazhma bay explosion
12:43 - Chernobyl disaster
14:25 - Aeroflot Flight 6502 cras in Kuibyshev
15:10 - The Sinking Of SS Admiral Nakhimov
17:10 - Arzamas train explosion
19:16 - Ufa train disaster
21:10 - Reactions and conspiracies
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Hey there. Somehow you found my video and decided to watch it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Sergei and I'm from Russia. My channel is about my native country. I want to tell English-speaking viewers about the real Russia, about its past and present. Unfortunately, you can find a lot of propaganda about Russia on the Internet, both from the Russian media and from the Western ones. I want to tell you about Russia, as it really is, the country in which I was born, grew up, and lived all my life.
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The collapse of the USSR is one of the most significant events of the 20th century. And the debate about why this great country collapsed overnight is still raging today. Some think that it fell apart because of incapable rulers (looking at you, Mikhail Gorbachev), some say it was an evil masterplan of the Western World. But today we will discuss another aspect of the last years of the USSR's life that is not often remembered. The fact is that in the last decade of the USSR's life, airplanes crashed, trains and nuclear reactors exploded, steamships collided, and other crazy incidents occurred literally every year. Today we will try to recollect all the unbelievable man-made disasters of the Soviet Union in the 1980s and answer the question...was it just a coincidence? Or was it something more?
00:00 Disasters in the Soviet Union
02:15 Why the '80s?
03:37 - 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision
05:25 - Radiological accident in Kramatorsk
05:55 - Sverdlovsk anthrax leak
07:33 - 1980-1981
08:38 - The 'Alexander Suvorov' accident
10:16 - Collapse of a dormitory building in Kurgan
12:11 - K-431 Chazhma bay explosion
12:43 - Chernobyl disaster
14:25 - Aeroflot Flight 6502 cras in Kuibyshev
15:10 - The Sinking Of SS Admiral Nakhimov
17:10 - Arzamas train explosion
19:16 - Ufa train disaster
21:10 - Reactions and conspiracies
Special thanks to my Patrons:
Petar Ilic, Jordan LaMothe, Kirill Klimuk; Simon Böse; Steak221; Steven; Yelizaveta Zakharova; Adam Stakhanov; Devon Hodgson; Mike Pearce; Niels Dowgwillo; Osas; Ravenghast; Sarah McMaster; Triskelia; Petar Kerelov; Yuval Carmon; Peter Lassen; Jimmy Albin; Eli; Michael
If you'd like to support the channel:
💵 Patreon (early access to videos) - patreon.com/setarko
🪙 BTC - bc1qh8szz62crxu9ylg2jx9dz3t6vzzjdw2rheft2m
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Links:
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Hey there. Somehow you found my video and decided to watch it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Sergei and I'm from Russia. My channel is about my native country. I want to tell English-speaking viewers about the real Russia, about its past and present. Unfortunately, you can find a lot of propaganda about Russia on the Internet, both from the Russian media and from the Western ones. I want to tell you about Russia, as it really is, the country in which I was born, grew up, and lived all my life.
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