Looking back: 30 years since the collapse of the USSR

Name: Looking back: 30 years since the collapse of the USSR
Uploaded: 2021-12-21T11:38:23+00:00
Duration: 5 min 33 s
Description: It’s been 30 years since the Soviet Union dissolved in the wake of a bungled reform effort by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, elected General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1985. The Soviet Union, created by the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, consisted of 16 constituent republics, named for their majority nationality (Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian and so on).

Issued on: 21/12/2021 - 12:38Modified: 21/12/2021 - 14:48

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It’s been 30 years since the Soviet Union dissolved in the wake of a bungled reform effort by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, elected General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1985. The Soviet Union, created by the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, consisted of 16 constituent republics, named for their majority nationality (Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian and so on).