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The critical last two years that led to the sudden collapse of the USSR, told by its top protagonists.
Moscow, 31 December 1991: the Red Flag of the Kremlin is pulled down and replaced by the three-colored banner of Russia, marking the end of the Soviet Union and of its ideologies.
Who could imagine that only two years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Soviet citizens would bring down the statues of Lenin in the very birthplace of Communism?
From 1989 to 1991 a string of unpredictable and inescapable events happened, through a jolting acceleration of history, bringing to light the rivalry between two men and their struggle for the first place: Gorbachev, hindered by the economic results of his perestroika, and Yeltsin, embodying the hopes of the Russian people.
Illustrated with interviews of top protagonists such as Mikhail Gorbachev himself, the documentary recounts, day by day, the critical last two years of the USSR and sheds light on the power struggles that led to the sudden collapse of one of the most totalitarian empires of the 20th century.
Documentary: The Last Days of the USSR (2010)
Directed by: Jean-Charles Deniau & Sergey Kostin
Production: ROCHE Productions
#Documentary #FreeDocumentary #FullDocumentary #History #USSR #SovietUnion #ColdWar #Gorbachev #Yeltsin #HistoryDocumentary #FallOfTheUSSR #Communism #SovietCollapse #BerlinWall #RussianHistory #MikhailGorbachev #HistoricalDocumentary
The critical last two years that led to the sudden collapse of the USSR, told by its top protagonists.
Moscow, 31 December 1991: the Red Flag of the Kremlin is pulled down and replaced by the three-colored banner of Russia, marking the end of the Soviet Union and of its ideologies.
Who could imagine that only two years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Soviet citizens would bring down the statues of Lenin in the very birthplace of Communism?
From 1989 to 1991 a string of unpredictable and inescapable events happened, through a jolting acceleration of history, bringing to light the rivalry between two men and their struggle for the first place: Gorbachev, hindered by the economic results of his perestroika, and Yeltsin, embodying the hopes of the Russian people.
Illustrated with interviews of top protagonists such as Mikhail Gorbachev himself, the documentary recounts, day by day, the critical last two years of the USSR and sheds light on the power struggles that led to the sudden collapse of one of the most totalitarian empires of the 20th century.
Documentary: The Last Days of the USSR (2010)
Directed by: Jean-Charles Deniau & Sergey Kostin
Production: ROCHE Productions
#Documentary #FreeDocumentary #FullDocumentary #History #USSR #SovietUnion #ColdWar #Gorbachev #Yeltsin #HistoryDocumentary #FallOfTheUSSR #Communism #SovietCollapse #BerlinWall #RussianHistory #MikhailGorbachev #HistoricalDocumentary
