Why did the USSR collapse? In this video, we analyze the internal and external pressures that led to the Soviet Union's ...

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

Key players in the fall of the USSR, including the signatories to the dissolution treaty, recall the momentous events of December 1991. Show more December 1991 saw the end of 70 years of communist ...

ALONG with self-congratulation and relief, the fall of the Soviet Union has stimulated an abundance of postmortems on communism and its place in the twentieth century. Though communism in its ...

Berlin finally fell after more than two weeks of brutal street-by-street fighting After nearly four years of intense fighting, Soviet forces finally launched their assault on Berlin on 16 April 1945.