The collapse of the USSR was a product of the unravelling of the post-war order and the intensification of the fundamental contradiction of capitalism between world economy and the bankrupt nation ...

Some of the global conflicts stem from the vacuum left by the collapse of the USSR. In what ways has the Ukraine crisis ...

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It was 1987 when the journey home began. Upon arrival in Crimea, I immersed myself in those beautiful memories of my ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s plunged the country into chaos and caused massive inequality between rich and poor. Since President Vladimir Putin assumed office in 2000 ...

Nazi Germany had invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941 and killed an estimated 25 million of the country's civilians and military. But now, Adolf Hitler's Germany was on its knees. A depleted and ...

Timothy Ryback’s memorable book “Rock Around the Bloc” recounted how Elton John famously shook Moscow way back in 1979, ...

The end of the Cold War By the beginning of the 1980s, the Soviet Union faced several challenges. The taking down of the Berlin Wall in 1989 kick-started the fall of the Soviet Union.

After the unexpected collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there was an urgent necessity to preserve the relations between Russia and Africa.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asian countries like Kazakhstan have remained in Russia’s sphere of influence. Over time, Bekenova developed a deep affection for “The Irony of ...