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Once upon a time there was a country, a gigantic confederation of states, one of the largest dominion in history.
On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed. Along with it came hope for the end of the Cold War, for independence and freedom for the former Soviet republics. But for many it also brought poverty and war. What remains of the dreams of that time? What does freedom look like today, which in large parts still has to be defended and fought for? What role does Russia play in the post-Soviet power structure? We talk to contemporary witnesses and politicians of the decisive years, search for traces of the former multi-ethnic empire in Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Chechnya and Lithuania, and talk to experts about this gigantic historic upheaval.
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18:33 900k people did not emigrate from Lithuania. Around 600k did, with the rest dying at home without being replaced by new-borns.
this video is several years old...just posted an hour ago....
Link?
I lived through the Soviet times in the 80s and and early 90s. Throughout the 80s people had jobs and food was plentiful in the stores, once the 90s came around it was a complete turnaround, hardly any decent paying jobs and the stores were rationing food. In 1994 we said f**k it and me and my family moved to the United States. It was like being from another planet, needless to say I never went back to visit or anything.
Welcome to the USA friend. We need more hard working Russians here.
Well, the good news is that the United States is quickly following in the Soviet union’s footsteps, and soon it will be just like living back at home..
Thank you for your comment! I would really like to know more about your experience, and the differences between the two countries. Did you have to get a Visa? Was it expensive and difficult to obtain? Thank you again.
Yes people cuss the USA and yet still want to be here. Present company accepted
@@AerialEscapeThat’s why we’ll fix it before it gets that crazy
It wasn't Vladimir Ilyich Lenin - his name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov !!!
Or you could just call him dictator
@@SovietForeignAgent one of them, can't deny that, but at the end of the day, he was just another dictator
@@BBSr-q2wfor the rich landlords and $lav€ owners, yeah
Lenin is nickname
Lenin gods people 😢
Russia might be a large country but it is seriously dysfunctional and largely empty. It’s average citizens are subjected to an indoctrinated lifestyle, with deprivation that most living in the civilised world would find intolerable.
Did you say dysfunctional?😂😂😂
If you asked any sensible people they'll chide you.
Are you confusing Russia with USA?
@@preachingflamesthepreacher3894 I described the deeply dysfunctional US exactly as it is. Most people in the civilised world are considerably more sensible than the average US American and I rarely get the reaction you suggest I might. Seeing similarities between the US and Russia is difficult to avoid.
This ducumentary is more about the
"lstan" countries than the title 😢
FAKE...
@@wesdale1753 the Stansare very much a mixed bag but were once part of the Soviet Union. The title was the Collapse of the Soviet Union and describes the subject matter perfectly.
Correct, Putin was at the time on a front line of Eastern Germany and witnessed the collapse of the USSR, not hard to imagine his thoughts were and what he had planed to do what if he would be in the highest power of the Russia. However, history is as itself DOES NOT TO REPEAT.
But sometimes it rhymes.
He does not want to bring it back. If you read the whole quote you would find that out.
Take British documentaries about Russia with a pinch of salt, or a whole bucket
Just shills for American imperialism. But they are full of it, I agree.
When you're the size of Idaho With A Downhill Economy all you have left is to invade.. The English way.. You can call it a Crusade 😊❤
Agreed 💯.... A tonne of salt .
Say what you like Russia is failing 😂
@@grahambyrne7868being made to fail…. Not willing to do what ever so called democratic western nations demand, trying to be made an example of
Ukraine and Georgia are not in the Baltic area.
Why was Russia allowed to suceed the Soviet Union in the UN. It should have been forced to reaplly. The last country to leave the Soviet Union was Khazakhstan.
Imagine waking up in a new year, a new country, uncertain and think of someone who has destroyed an entire human chapter overnight.
in the USSR, people were against the USSR - people began to live in Russia.
So who was it that destroyed it? It's the people themselves. All thy need is to look in the mirror.
@@Kurtlane - no one destroyed the USSR, - after the fall of the Berlin Wall - all the Republics raised the Flag and fled the ussr, - no one was left and the ussr disappeared,
- to keep people in a concentration camp behind barbed wire - you can only use bayonets.
- Even earlier, in the 1970s, the USSR adopted a new Constitution - the Republics were allowed to leave the USSR, only there was no mechanism yet, but everyone was ready to leave.
@@sergikoms9611 , "everyone was ready to leave" -- that's the same thing I meant.
But "republics" cannot decide. People decided.
@@Kurtlane - to get out of the USSR, the Republics decide - Officials,
- it is necessary to declare the Sovereignty of the Republic, then Independence, sign documents, - The Flag and the Coat of Arms must be accepted and legally signed, then raised - and then left the USSR,
- every step is dangerous - Moscow's secret services can destroy it.
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- then appoint the Government, the money of the country, the bank, the stock exchange, the parliament, the constitution, many different things,
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in the Caucasian and Asian Republics, the Clans and the Heads of the Clans decide.
no nato the world's worst terrorismleader antony blinken
im Russian, I would really recommend reading Geoffrey Hosking, to avoid this one sided documentaries like these.
I will take this documentary with a grain of salt.
He already has it back, who controls the oil for all of those areas?
0:59: 🌍 The collapse of the Soviet Union has led to a power struggle among the former Soviet republics, with Russia playing a significant role.
8:40: 🌍 The dissolution of the Soviet Union led to the formation of independent states in the post-Soviet region, causing geopolitical and humanitarian consequences.
16:31: 🌍 Lithuania's journey towards independence and integration with the West, while facing challenges from Russia.
23:05: 🇷🇺 Russia demonstrates military strength, but faces economic challenges and infrastructure issues.
29:50: 🇷🇺 Russia's annexation of Crimea and the economic crisis have shaped the country's current state.
37:02: 🌍 The video discusses the political and economic situation in post-Soviet countries, focusing on Russia and its neighboring countries.
43:44: 🇰🇬 Religious freedom and democracy in Kyrgyzstan coexist with corruption and a lack of opposition to the ruling regime.
50:30: 🇷🇺 Russia's struggle to find its place between Europe and Asia and the confusion and difficulties of the past 30 years have hindered its progress as a global political player.
Recap by Tammy AI
1 hour worth of my time reduced to just minutes. Thank you Tammy AI!
You are appreciated
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Very superficial, steriotopical and one-sided view of the post-soviet world...
Well don't u bring them to Russia those 25 millions Russian? Same thing happened to German in some part of Europe after WW2 so they went back to Germany...
Anyone who has started Wars in History has Lost
And this is how it’s Supposed to be as in the word “backfires)
Love the enthusiasm. But there have been plenty of countries that have started a war and won 😂
WELl IF UKRAINE ARMENIA AND RUSSIA ARE CHRISTIANS ESPECIALLY RUSSIA WELL WE SHOULD BELIEVE IN THE SAME THING YEAH. TRUE CHRISTIANS DONT KILL FELLOW CHRISTIANS THIS GOES ESPECIALLY FOR RUSSIA. UKRAINE AND ARMENIA JUST DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY. 👍♥️💪
I feel like I've seen this documentary a lot of times now
Turkey is a villain to this day he past 200 years.
TURKEY ? BRİTAİN FRANCE SPAİN İTALY YOUR FORGETTİNG ?
After breakup of Soviet union of Russia into 16 independent democratic republic countries a new super power Russian federation presided by Putin has arisen but Russia presided by Putin should help the 15 countries which have become independent from Russia just as England is helping common wealth countries that previously belonged to the British empire please note thanks everyone including Russia s President Putin
Someone should ask Fiordo why Russia would attack Ukraine ? I'd love to hear his answer !
Moscow owns everything up to Berlin - it’s all itss, as it was under the USSR, - whoever resists gets a knock on the head,
Putin is an officer of the KGB of the USSR, - 20 years ago he played the Soviet Anthem and said that he would take back the lands of the USSR, - gave a speech in Munich that the European Reich should not go further than Berlin.
For the same reason as Kennedy threatened to invade Cuban. Russia fears that NATO could use Ukraine as a bridgehead to undermine the Russian Federation. Incidentally, NATO nations have been spending more than ten times as much on arms than Russia. For that reason alone it is easy to calculate which side was planning aggression towards the other.
Nato is bs excuse for Putin. Putin wants Ukraine and he wants russian empire back what is impossible without Ukraine in it. If Russia was a good neighbour, there would be no need to join Nato to be secured. Putin blames Russia's victims for calling the police. Ukraine has no nukes, Ukraine is not Nato member state and Putin knows he can invade non Nato neighbours only. Nato never invaded or hurt Russia. Russia loves annexing its neighbours everytime it can. War in Ukraine is about Putin's ego and russian greed. Nato is bs excuse. Nobody was going to invade Russia. Russia has nukes. If we want russian resources, we can but it. It is called trade.Putin is simply paranoid and uses every fake to justify his own crimes andd sick ideas. He says Ukraine is not a real country. He wants Ukraine. @@damienmurray3928
@@damienmurray3928 Yes NATO was definatelly going to invade Russia. certainly......
@@Liukas642 otherwise, why do they continue to include more and more countries in NATO, while promising not to expand eastward? In addition, after 2014, fascism and nationalism began to flourish in Ukraine. There is such a video "for those who think that there is no fascism in Ukraine"
a very mediocre documentary with much misinformation and outdated information
"Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains." -- Vladimir Putin, May 2005
To restore Soviet union has its many advantages Putin doesn't see that
Putin has neither.
That was before he invaded Ukraine to start piecing the USSR back together by force, and before he invaded Georgia too.
great you quoted some random nobody gj
@@titanomachy2217it was because Georgia and Ukraine were talking about joining NATO. They need to keep that talk on the down low unless they want to get smashed.
Why was that guy sweeping the highway surface by hand with a broom😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The Title is nonsense as Russia still has all those nukes which mean is still a superpower, Sure they don't need toilet paper to be a superpower in tact they never had that toilet paper in the first place but they were, and still are a superpower because of the Nukes
It’s interesting how this documentary obviously is not looked at the current situation in geopolitics, which all along with pretty obvious.
Russia is a little bit like a smoker, trying to give up cigarettes, but ending up just doing three or four in the middle of the night, and claiming that they have kicked the habit. If you want real transformation, you need to go cold turkey and follow great examples such as Poland during its shock therapy transition in the 1990s that did not generate a clash of oligarchs. It does have its problems still not to mention encroachments on democracy, but these will be fixed.
If you look at economic growth over the past 32 years, China is number one, but number two is Poland, which managed to achieve this while maintaining democracy. I know it might be painful for the Russian of leads to follow Polish example, but I think it would help them eventually to build their own country and contribute to the overall wellness in peace in the world.
It's a tragedy that Ukraine and Poland were in exactly the same spot at the end of the Cold War. If Ukraine had followed Poland's path, rather than being drawn into Russia's orbit, who knows where it could be today.
I visited Poland in 2017. Was shocked at how clean, beautiful, and pleasant it was. Not the old so it satellite I expected.
Не надо нас учить! Мы не вы!
@@SuperMooklesвсе случилось из за США и НАТО это они влезли на Украину!
They mentioned Russian peacekeepers isn't that a counterdiction in terms?😅 Where was the proper term be oxymoron??
Did you mean to say "contradiction" in terms? Though I know what you mean about the two words!
Same for US "peacekeepers" we export war
@@krmccarrell actually, I think the proper word would have been oxymoron
I don’t expect that it will be long before I see a video like this but with the United States in the title.
Russia: largest country in the world, the most natural resources in the world...and a GDP comparable to the state of Florida. Impressive! 😂
So why does America want it?
Soviet Union made a lot of mistakes.
Handing over Russian territories to Ukraine is one big mistake.
Handing over Armenian territories of Nakhjivan and Karabakh to Azerbaijan and abandoning western Armenia territories to the Ataturk wa another gigantic cockup that has resulted in the genocide of Armenian people to this very day.
Russia as successor state to Soviet Union is responsible for correcting the previous mistakes.
God bless Armenia and Russia
Religious Freedom only applies to ones own religion. To have religious freedom you must have tolerance of all other religions. Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk had the right idea to remove religious influence from politics.
The whole “Putin wants to bring this back” is hilarious! He knows better but you underestimate his sense. Epic fail for a documentary.
Love that the "red star" is still on top of the Kremlin..
Sounds like a lot of people are confused and maybe give up fighting with everyone and live and let live and worry more about peace and happiness Putin is only hurting Russia and Freedom is definitely the way everyone deserves to have
That quote at 23:00 is really out of date considering the war in Ukraine :P
Don't know when this documentary was made but in 2024 we are looking at ukraine destroyed completely and russia is growing despite all efforts from nato to stop them. i am a indian and has always fallen in love with stamps from USSR. i strongly would love to see russia grow and rebuild the union of republics.
Putin has said 'The collapse of the Soviet Union was the major geopolitical catastrophe of the century'
Many countries like Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania joined NATO... Georgia,Moldova,Belarus,Armenia,Azerbaijan,Kazakhstan,Turkmenistan,Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan break away from the Soviet Union to follow their own paths
But Ukraine was never an independent country, and it has never been join NATO, Putin Russian president was very angry to Ukraine
Don't confuse " Capitalism " with "Democracy "
Eff the wannabe udder called the European union.
Btw...Stalin was all about the Destruction of the Mekender Thesis
The producer of this video is full of bourgeois world views and does not understand the basic principles of Marxism at all! ! ! The Soviet Union died of revisionism! ! !
Lies lies and more lies. This documentary Is not worth watching.
I mean if you listen to nato this is easy to believe but there’s no such plan keep scaring yourself and rage bait someone else🤡🤣
The biggest country but half the land is inhospitabal and useless
Hoch lebe Präsident Wladimir Putin ❤️🇷🇺💪,lang lebe Russland 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪✔️.
In almost record time. In less than 2 years, that government managed to from major world 🌎 power to a 3rd world pariah w a president whose now a war criminal 😅
you really need to stop believing everything you hear from the US mainstream media
Your English shows how highly educated you are
Saviet...
May the union of republics rose again.
stop la Russie n’est pas communiste sinon mettez l’allemagne SS ct à la même époque
What is that "headless thing" walking at 52:04?
@eb-ol4po: It is a type of street theatre act- 'Headless man'
This is so biased it’s sickening.
Tsar Putin
they lost 2-1. goes back millenia
If you bring something back bring something better time has changed
Putin thinks he just like Stalin 🤔
คิดว่ารัฐบาลยูเครนจะได้รับเงินแน่นอน
When was this video made?
My question as well. Definitely pre-Ukraine war.
The collapse of the Soviet union was a tragedy for all 15 republics as a whole. I witnessed the collapse as a child it was brutal and a total catastrophe that I really don’t like to remember. The west glorifies these events as a gift from God however it was anything but.
Us designed all those problems. Jeffrey Sachs was asked to help USSR to transition, but was _actively_ hindered to do so by the Neo-liberal US president and administration. US have been at war with Russia for 70 years and are still trying. You owe all the hardship to the western Capitalist Psychopaths..
Thank you for your comment. I am very sorry for the brutality you experienced in your country due to the collapse. I can not even imagine what it was like. Unfortunately, American children are taught very little about Russian history, let alone the collapse of the Soviet Union. Schools have difficulty just teaching U.S. history. It is only through reading and watching documentaries that interested adults are learning the truth (somewhat).
USSR it was a collective farm, kept on bayonets, - all the Republics fled from this collective farm
@@sergikoms9611my understanding is that people starved after the collapse
@@kathylarson8876 - The USSR was North Korea - people suffered, - there was less food and goods than the population, it was called Deficit, - shoes appeared in the store once a month, there was no smoked sausage - they went to Moscow for it,
- worked in the USSR with hard physical labor - at the age of 40 people were already old people, life expectancy was short,
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- after the USSR they allowed trade and shops - any goods appeared, people began to live 10 times better, it became like in Europe,
- food shops and supermarkets appeared at every turn, - on the pillars went announcements - Treatment for obesity,
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- Soviet factories worked on machines of the 1930s, they had to be demolished by a bulldozer back in the 1970s,
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- after the USSR, thousands of firms were opened with Western equipment and technology, in any industry, - personnel was required everywhere, diplomas were not asked,
The economy went above China, the ISS was launched into space, there were 5 times more cars, traffic jams started.
We know!
By the way he does not want it back.
It was not religious war as you described. It was about occupacion of severin Azerbaijan territory and libiration of internationally recognized 20% of Azerbaijani land.
Karabakh is not whole occupied territory. There are 7 discrricties which dont have anyhting to do with Karabakh. Armenians lived in Khankendi - Karabakh.
About a million people were expelled from 7 surrended districts and also from Khankendi included
Wow, there should be more videos and pic of Moscow nobody thinks of it withcskyscapers
😂 why you afraid 😅
Putin wants to recreate his childhood but someone should have told him that the passing of time is inexorable
The end of the Soviet Union...not the end of a super power
Vreau sa vizitez rusia cer personal Domnuli Putn
We want Soviet Union back ✊️❤️🚩
Да, союз неизбежен и это хорошо
@@inssector да
Putin,Russian President doesn't want to bring the Soviet union back...
Three countries include- Estonia, Latvia,Lithuania gained independence to pursued their own paths and they joined EU and NATO membership.
Belarus,Moldova,Georgia,Armenia,Azerbaijan,Kazakhstan,Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan,Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are gained independence and they pursued their own paths ...
But Ukraine was never an independent country, but it was never allowed to join NATO ..
What was so good about the union?
We?
😂😂
No he didn't
CCCP👍👍.
Hmmmm Uncle Sam keepped his word. If they stack we will help you
By putin
but America has evidence of Liking Soviet Union now
👍👍👍
The Soviet Union destroyed itself.
Te iubesc De 60 atunci culmea te iubeam am platit tribut 50de tribut ....ursulache ,,te iubesc nu în genunchi dar impreuna 1877....
Russia not bank rup🤣😂😅🤪❓ It's my Nation 🇺🇸 going under & it ent coming back😂, The streets of every city is Getto all thanks to Politicians 🤣😂😅🤪💯
41:07 - I remember seeing Rita Ergeschova in another ‘documentary’ several years ago.
🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💂🐍😋😡恶人恶报善有善报了。人在做天在看报应慢慢地来了。无辜的人那么多惨死了。所以老天爷绕不过你。
Neutralitate de Hotiiii
Zemlja zvezdA
Not really, very ouch channel.
Tremendous National Anthem though
You know, this flick is great . All the talk of a " significant connection, power with a special independence . Which is fine, until they got beat down like an undercover Narc at a spice rave.
Pjutin has made the fall even closer
This is just like now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing in the opposite direction 😂
Our president has everything calculated. The best and most respected global leader!
HATUDI HAMAR ONE DATAR S WHERE
BRING HIS OWN GRAVEYARD
Will nato is doing the same
Papovkim
14:50 what a chad
So many misinformation damn!
To Misinform - that's thier purpose
To let
The European Union has the best form of government. Minimize too much money for the oligarchs, less corruption, citizens has better salary and no oppressive leader.
You😂not have sense
Unelected officials is not ideal. The EU is globalist garbage....
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This edged so well
Amazingly, the combination of eyewitness accounts and diverse perspectives creates a comprehensive view of this important period of history.
how old is this documentary ?
Respect
He has a better chance of regrowing hair.