Mikhail Gorbachev's Resignation and Dissolution of the Soviet Union - Dec. 25, 1991 - ABC Nightline
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- Ted Koppel in Moscow and with Gorbachev on the day of his resignation and the dissolution of the USSR. The Soviet hammer & sickle flag is replaced with the Russian flag at the end of the broadcast.
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When you go to space as a Soviet, but you return to Earth as a Russian.
Well soviets are called russians as well i heard?
LC Eagle or commies
And it will be the last time when you go to space
Simone actually did that
Rusball
We*
Soviet Union: “it’s getting late, I’m gonna head to bed”
The World: “Yeah bro same, goodnight, talk to you tomorrow”
*Last Online 29 Years Ago*
Give this man a like
Sad
Nah they just created another account on the same server
Stolen comment from USSR TV End of Day Sign-off
I was about to say you copied this comment, but this is our comment anyways
Imagine the person who went to sleep in the Soviet Union and slept through all of this and woke up in Russia.
Russia was always there. You were either a soviet Russian or a soviet Belarussian or a soviet Ukrainian or a ...
The USSR was an union of 15 states, same as the USA is an union of 50 states.
The leading soviet state of course has always been Russia.
The Russian detective in Citizen X
@@freedomfighterletsgobrandonYes, but as someone who lives in Massachusetts, I'd sure be mighty surprised if the country I woke up in tomorrow was the Republic of Massachusetts and the President was Maura Healey. So yeah, Russia always existed during the Soviet Union, but it wasn't these people's country. That'd still be a huge change for anyone.
@@lackedpuppet9022Imagine that, imagine the United States collapsing over Joe Biden preferring chocolate chocolate chip over cookies and cream, and Trudeau and AMLO with him, accidentally collapsing the three all because of this
oh wait why am i rambling about this
no one slept that night....some were sad and other western radicalized were happy
I was with Ted Koppel in Gorbachev's office at the end of the Soviet Union. He called Bush and told him he was resigning and turning to nuclear codes over to Yeltsin who was down the hall drunk. I watched them take down the Soviet flag in the Kremlin and raise the Russian state flag. I shot the opening at 3A in Red Square with Ted and took his Gorbachev's last walk through the Kremlin with him. Show was called Gorabchev:The Final Hours. two hour show that won an Emmy.
I bet it was very emotional for all present.
Incredible...
You have to understand some would see this claim with some doubt. Have you any proof, friend?
@@fattaman777 It aired as a two hour special on ABC called Gorbachev The Final Hours. I have an Emmy nomination hanging on my wall plus a photo on myself and
Gorbachev(with other Press also) taking his final walk through the Kremlin. All documented. Yes, I do have proof.
Wow. You were there? Unbelievable. I wish I was alive at the time. I'm only 17. Almost an adult
The last cosmonaut of the Soviet Union was actually in the Mir Space Station when the USSR collapsed. Basically, he went up there as a Soviet and came back as an Alien.
He was still a citizen of his native country...
I remember that! I went to Q&A session about the NASP at a science museum during that; they had a retired astronaut there to answer questions- I asked if NASA was going to go save him!
😂😂
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Imagine what he said.
"Hello comrades! So how is the soviet union?"
The people:"Uhh this is russia USSR Collapsed 10 years ago..."
"Haha nice joke!"
The people:"No really"
"Oh..."
People: The ussr dissolved because of an unstable economy.
The actual reason the ussr dissolved:
Gorbachev: I want McDonald's
No, he want Pizza Hut. So he became a star of pizza hut ad
@@khosyianthem And there he is(!): th-cam.com/video/b0jaozRAKVw/w-d-xo.html
It dissolved bcoz of that drunk treacherous Boris!
No the real reason is that Gorbachev wanted the ussr to last 69 years
That is not the reason why,Gorbachev Was Just Too Lenient With Being Leader.
The ad breaks gave me more of a greater impression on the passage of time than the actual topic of the broadcast
For real. My parents had a vacuum like the one in the ads, but colored cream and brown.
Look at Ted Koppel's objectivity. He speaks candidly, but quite objectively. Certainly very different from the anxiety inducing way of talking that we see today. Anchors today talk with aggressiveness, in an effort to sell. This man, Koppel, is impressive. He is calm, objective, informative, and certainly a product of an era where people were interested in information, not in tendencies. Look at news outlets today. There is no true news. It's all about creating biased agendas.
Kazakhstan is that one AFK guy in the zoom call who didn't realize the meeting is over and is the only one left in the call
Lol
@Mouge youtube commenters who see the same thing: first time?
RealLifeLore: (nervously sweating)
And then, Kazakhstan (formerly Kazakh SSR) Left the call delayed
Kazakhstan was the USSR for only 4 Days!
At my first glance, I thought that was Donald Trump in the thumbnail.
I though I'm the only one
I did too
Nope, It’s Ted
They rock the same hair
Same.
Gorbachev is still alive at 90 years old. Pretty cool
He outlived all the hardliners who tried to oust him in a coup, as well as his de facto successor Yeltsin.
gorbachev is basically russia's version of queen elizabeth ii,queen lizzybeth ii saw the end of the british empire,gorbachov saw the end of ussr.
Yeah I Know Mikhail Gorbachev is still alive
That sellout
Satan is afraid that Gorbachev will spoil everything even in the underworld. The man who destroyed the greatest state in history.
Who was here watching exactly 30 years after the fall happened?
this year is 33
Imagine the guy who asked the end of USSR for christmas present as a joke.
Probably not as a joke
@@kapitan19969838 not joke for milions of russians who lost their jobs.
@@quakeknight9680 You mean the unnecessary, parasitic, socialist bureaucrats?
I threw a penny in a wishing well five years before this happened.
@@kapitan19969838 Yes, but also millions of people lost their jobs and resorted to crime because of instability
December 24th, 1991
We're Soviet!
December 25th, 1991
We're Russian!
Not just Russian but 15 other races
@@davyboywilliams nationalities! Absolutely right though, it involved more than just Russia.
Merry Christmas
December 25th* December 26th
@Jericho Oban im Armenian this post-soviet nation but humans say or USSR that s Russia no Soviet UNION its UNION but not russian country
I remember this and am so happy someone uploaded it! I was 8 years old at the time and was the first serious thing my parents taught me about the world.
I was 12 and remember it very similarly.
Concerning Gorbachev's rule... "They were the best, and the worst years of my life". What a great quote!
U.S: Finally, my rival is gone. Now i can relax.
China: Hello there
U.S: Bruh just give me a break already!!
@Imtron_ 180 Afghanistan to the rest of the world: Bruh just give me a break already
@@calenskyes planet earth: broooo just give me a Break
North Korea: are u sure abt that
@@megatron9183 Russia: “time for round two”
Everything about this news broadcast seems like it's from another universe. The world's changed so much since 1991.
I don't know about Russia but western world was better in the '90, especially my country: Italy
It was 30 years ago.
@@aleksandros6965 why Italy
@@cruzgomes5660 we were the fourth richer state of the world, after the rise of united Germany and the new technologies discovered during the last 25 years we lost a lot. I think in cold war period, USA supported us more and viceversa, for Italy is convenient dealing with americans and either russians than the other eu countries.
@@aleksandros6965 if only the west went fascist
I wasn't born this early in the 90's, but watching the commercials in between feels so cozy and nostalgic. ☺️
Cringe
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Exactly man idk what is it but I feel cozy and quite seeing this as if i lived through it
Love the old Christmas days and how everything was so much about family and togetherness, not everyone on their phones now don't give a shit about any tradition
Imagine going to a store in the Soviet Union, but coming back home in the Russian Federation.
"I just wanted a Pizza Hut and I ruined everything"
-Mikhail Gorbachev
@Ann Nifödova every soviet leader was corrupt. It's literally what caused the stagnation because not being able to vote out people who suck is a bad way to run a country.
@@JainaKeria it was more because communism doesn't work economically,but ok
He didn't ruin everything,HE MADE IT BETTER!
@@kaparg it did, which is why it became a super power u idiot
@@solidslfy2879 no,no it didn't,do i seriously have to say this in 2020? Or is this 1969?
December 24 1991
Soviet Union: my last Christmas is my downfall
Mean bean Machine
In Post-Soviet counties Christmas celebrate at 7 January no 25 December
@@exe4036 You mean Russia and most Slavic countries? I'm from Lithuania, a post-Soviet country, and we celebrate on the 25th of December.
Montgomery I mean Russia and most Slavic countries+ Georgia
@@exe4036 Not necessarily Post-Soviet countries. Mostly Orthodox countries celebrate it on January 7th.
@@Montgomeryyy doesnt your country have alot of catholic people
My parents who were from the Soviet Union but had moved out about a decade before it’s collapse told me they were shocked at the fall of the USSR and did not expect it to ever fall.
So your parents moved around December of '81?
(Bans math)that, -10 years from collapse)
@@PekinTenikura
Obviously that’s not supposed to be taken too literally. I just mean approximately a decade before it’s collapse.
@@RESIST_THE_GREAT_REPLACEMENT It's around that time.
@@PekinTenikura
Well yeah
I was born in Lithuania, way after the fall of the USSR
I know some stuff about how it was like back then, from people explaining it to me, and to me it feels obvious that a country like this would fall
Fun fact: A Soviet-Russian cosmonaut had little chance on returning home before this happened
USSR: I guess it's time for me to go.
US: Take care of yourself.
US later: HAHAHA HAHA USSR collapsed! HAHAHHAHAH
@@amalayperson7208 US: *Hugs USSR* I'll remember you brother!
USSR: Don't forget, we're Allies!
@@AmosNg555 What version of history have you been learning? The USSR and US were always enemies. Even during WW2 the western Allies were extremely reluctant to help the USSR against the Nazis and were extremely opportunistic.
amosng 350 “threatened the whole world”. Ah yes hug
Regardless of the Cold War. America saved the Soviet Union from collapsing of starvation and corrupted economy. The Soviet Union generals admitted themselves that if “it wasn’t for the American intervention of supplies, we would have suffered a lot worse than losing the war, how can we make tanks without steel? How can we make a ammo without copper and gun powder?
In case anyone asked, FDR literally gave USSR 1.1 billion free credits to help the fight against the Nazi, this is why Stalin like FDR a lot more than Truman in office
www.rbth.com/defence/2016/03/14/lend-lease-how-american-supplies-aided-the-ussr-in-its-darkest-hour_575559
www.historynet.com/did-russia-really-go-it-alone-how-lend-lease-helped-the-soviets-defeat-the-germans.htm
This has to be the weirdest and least funny comment section I've ever seen
Either you run into someone who makes a joke or someone who fully supports communism
Yep, full of 13 year old redditors who are going through their rebellious phases.
At last, I have found my people
Hello
@skinfullofdoom pretty good this week, next week's gonna be my semester finals haha
RIP Mikhail.
You changed the world with Ronald Reagan
For the worse
@@prajwaldatta1912 🤦♂️
@@prajwaldatta1912 indian detected opinion rejected
@@prajwaldatta1912 no
@@prajwaldatta1912 tankie detected
Gorbachev: "Our people will live in a prosperous and democratic society
_10 years later_
*Putin has joined the server*
Well modern russia Is a piece of shit, but Putin Is not a bad president.
@@issacnuri5924 He's not bad, but he's not exactly good either
@@yamiart6149 not good? I give you the president of my country if you want
The first president of Russia is Boris Yeltsin
Isn't Russia suffering from really bad corruption?
Am I the only one who thinks the reporter looks like Donald Trump?
Yeah
No.
@@dasmodem887 no
Nope
No
my goodness. this makes me have goosebumps and feel emotional
RIP Mikhail Gorbachev
1931-2022
Yeah, rest in piss. A traitor and someone who wrought misery upon millions because of his actions. May he rub elbows with Judas for all time.
He tried.
@@TheMrPeteChannelafter all he did.. and putin throws it away
@@america692 he revive Russia from the ashes of Yeltsin disasterous rule. He bring Russia to become one of the world power again. Every russians should be thankfull to him that Russia is not a third world country rn
rest in piss
My dad, who was working overseas at the time, simply couldn't believe it.
The existence of the Soviet Union was just a fact of life and everyone fully expected a war to happen betwen it and the NATO countries at some point.
Good news!
yeah, about that...
@@foobazzler aged like a fine wine
Nato just had to keep pushing closer and piss Putin off, and now look where we are.
@@zephyrus3554 NATO didn't do shit. Former Eastern Bloc countries applied to join NATO because even 20 years ago there were people who were concerned about Putin, and his aggressions only prove they were right to do so.
Soviet Union: “Goodbye 1991”
*Last online in 31 years ago*
30 Years Of Good luck
*31
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Imagine falling asleep in the USSR and waking up in Russia
100 years since founded, 31 years and 5 days since dissolved.
It has ended but even on the last day, that anthem sounds just as epic.
Enough so that the Russian Federation kept the melody and simply changed the lyrics
@@PhirePhlame Yep and I loved that they have done that it’s far better than the anthem that they had between 1991 to 2000
@@PhirePhlame they had a different anthem under the Yeltsin Presidency. Putin brought back the old Soviet Anthem, albeit with the new lyrics as it was a more familiar tune. It would be like the U.S. replacing the "Star Spangled Banner" with "Our Country 'Tis of Thee" knowing that the tune is the same as "God Save The King/Queen" in Great Britain (and in Canada, which is the Co-Official Anthem of the Dominion along with "O Canada").
It's not ended yet. Everything is ahead.)
Socialism will win
"Equally constructive basis with his successors"
The world : Well that was a fucking lie
Putin: what’s up?
I mean, Clinton and Yeltsin got along decently
It's so fun and unpleasant at the same time to hear Americans say about oppression of other nations and countries... The USSR has lost both in the economics and politics to the US and the NATO, but what's more sad is the death of socialism as a hope of people from the beginning of 20th century to live better lives and to build more sustainable future for everybody, it still wonders me, that the USSR could send people to space, develop massive industries, had accessible education and housing distribution, but couldn't provide simple consumer goods to everybody...
Many countries in Western Europe have a kind of mixed economy of socialism and capitalism - it isn't just one or the other - and seems to work pretty well.
@@ShatnerMethod first world economies, especially in Western Europe have social-democratic states, which provide people with social benefits, based on very developed economics of first class goods, but 3 world countries produce cheaper goods or raw resources, and their capitalism is still based on harsh exploitation of people, that makes that neocolonial dependence, that 3rd World countries can't compete with others in terms of more expensive sectors of economics. There are social states in Europe, but it's very far to the point, where they will appear all over the world
@@user-vn2on9tz9g Like much of eastern Europe, Russia itself had opportunities to move toward a first world economy with its developed education system and natural resources but has become an authoritarian, and now, criminal state instead. Tragic and sad what Putin is doing not only to Ukraine but to his own country. Russia needs new and very different leadership that will stop blaming others for all of their own country's own outrageous mistakes and end the terrible killing and suffering that it is imposing on its neighbouring nation of Ukraine. What a terrible waste this war is and for what?
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Imagine a situation in which you fall asleep in one country and wake up in another one...
0:00 ironically the first three words of the Soviet Anthem are "The Unbreakable, Union..."
Don’t label something with the prefix “Un”
Can confirm with the “Unsinkable” titanic.
And the tape drops for a second at that part lmaoao
@@VPZealouZ the breakable ion
@@ZEEROXCD-izzywhy do you have e-girl vibes
@@garryhowes7274 Can confirm, ION is the only TV channel that I get on my antenna with a perfect signal.
Imagine the comment section when *Soviet Union Restarts*
SOFTWARE MASTER ah fuck LARRY WE GOT A TIME TRAVELER
SOFTWARE MASTER soviet reunion
Nice
More communisim
@@Georges_IV our reunion
'When he say, The hammer and sickle is lowered for the last time and "An era comes to an end"
My eyes fullfil of tears
ok ear
It is " An era came to an end" not eat.
@@moonknight1359 i said "ear" not "eat". Read his comment again
Oh looking at your English I got to know you're indian
Everyone! That was a mistake -_-
Goodbye Comrade Mikhail ✊😔
Comrade ??????😂
Russians watch this and feel nostalgic for their empire
Americans watch this and feel nostalgic for Sears
Lol i remember sears. Yeah. Well to be honest if you move financially, you start buying more expensive things. Higher quality stores man. Macy's Bloomingdales, Guess, Polo Ralph Lauren. PEOPLE BETTER THEMSELVES AND WANT QUALITY STUFF. SAME WITH THE SOVIET UNION. ALL COUNTRIES GOT TIRED OF THAT SHIT
nooooo sears
USSR was not empire.
sears has 12 stores left period
The sort of sad thing is that Gorbachev was apparently 20 minutes late to the USSR flag falling. I dont know if this is true
He stopped at the Pizza Hut and got lost
He probably couldn’t care less. Not every Soviet liked living in it.
Imagine being late to the collapse of your own country
I really believe its also hard for him to see the flag lowered
ACTUALLY GOOD THING COZ HES A COMMUNIST & HATES SEEING IT HAPPEN
jokes, memes, history apart, what a solid piece of TV journalism
Russians: Sad for the fall
Americans:Happy for the fall
The rest of the world: happy for the fall
Internet users: MEMES
28:05 last words of USSR
28:23 USSR has left the server
28:24 Russia has joined the server
Last online 32 years ago
@@callenvlogs5989 last seen 25 dec 1991
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I love the old advertisements so much more than the ones we have now. Just because how the old adds get to the point. Instead of doing a long ass skit that has nothing to do with the product.
Commercials now be like:
"When the drip is drippy"
RIP Mikhail Gorbachev
USSR: *last online 30 years ago*
USSR: Collapses
Gorbachev’s Daughter: 18:59
LOL😂😭
@@Rain-rm3ky Y e s
Had a capitalist addiction
@@blahblahblahbros Lol
nah gorbachev was probably happy
The irony of the collapse is that, in hindsight, the world was a saner place with the two superpowers keeping everyone else, including each other, in check.
US actually decreased a lot as a world superpower after the URSS collapse
@@guifdcanalli How? It is the only superpower in the world and is still growing!
You clearly don't know how it was to live under soviet occupation, there was nothing "sane" about that wicked system.
@@05KAR and u are the one who does, right? XD
@@figurefiguras4104 Right. I was born in Poland in 1981, a day before soviet puppet gen. Jaruzelski introduced martial law.
can't wait to watch this again soon!
RIP Gurbachov 😔🥲.
Boris during Christmas 1991: VADIM BLYAT
Exactly :D
@Stuff by Zibib it's a joke dude relax
@Stuff by Zibib He meant Boris Yeltsin
Gulag Christmas
VADIM BLYAT
Top 10 Saddest Anime Endings
It was a horrible anime. Its good they cancelled it.
@@_loss_ U WOT M8?
@@_loss_ Indeed
@Zap That's in my top 10 animes of all time
@David Ion My list, my rules. 💲💲💲🎩
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I (do I)
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but you're too shy to say it (say it)
Inside, we both know what's been going on (going on)
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but you're too shy to say it (to say it)
Inside, we both know what's been going on (going on)
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Putin's Russia has been Rickrolled. Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
🇺🇦your丶mom
@@ShatnerMethod yep
🇺🇦your丶mother
glory to ukraine!!! I Rick rolled Russia
That old GE ad is such a vibe
US in 1991: I got one less problem without ya
China in 21st century: You're gonna hear me roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
US: Oh oh trouble trouble trouble
US: But I'm not gonna Fall, bitch. Don't Fall on my faith.
Leonardo Paine Well China is a paper tiger
Well it’s quite different in this case. There are arguments between China and the US, but these two can’t live without each other
China will be the next USSR.
Russia: *I'm back*
In Russia, the government decides itself when to change it's government.
Today marks the 30th year since the fall of the Union
Unbelievable....
Sweet so be it
As a broadcast media practitioner myself, early 90s news broadcasts seem so authentic and brilliant.
I guess everything has had to evolve.
28:03 No matter how big a empire is, it will always fall down to the ground
There were many empires that were larger or lasted longer. The largest in terms of land and population was the British Empire, which peaked in the early 20th century. (The term "the sun never sets on the British Empire" was meant to reference the fact that its territories spanned the globe and therefore some part of it was always in daylight).
The Ottoman Empire lasted over 600 years, while some portion of the Roman Empire lasted for nearly 1500.
@@toddsmitts if you add Russian empire it lasted 3 centuries
That anthem actually made me sad
It's sad to see the flag fall with that anthem. The death of a dream. Especially considering what followed.
I love seeing the old commercials
Thank you for everything cccp we will miss you ❤❤
Ussr: bye
Me: bye comrade
Last talked: 26 years ago
😢
You stole this comment (-_-)
@@azaryaendrayustiawan5618 this is *OUR* comment section r u a Capitalist?
@@estiandcountryhumansdiscon4320 O_o
@@azaryaendrayustiawan5618 you are 100% Capitalist
Soviet Union: I go bye
America: You will be back later?
Soviet Union: Yes
America: OK bye
Soviet Union: Bye
-_Soviet Union left the chat._
-_Russia joined the chat._
What about other states?
@@BurgerTankCoach afk
You also from countryhuman fandom?
@@brianiskandar9917 no
Today we lost a comrade.
RIP Mikhail Gorbachev
Traitor
Rip bozo
You will not be missed.
28:05
Dude, it's the most fateful moment in history, I don't know how those who accompanied this moment felt
They felt happy
@@Bosnia_BBRP Not all, many people lost their jobs, and had their lives turned upside down. It went both ways.
@@robocatro fair point like Russia during Yeltsin wasn’t the best place to live.
But still life in the USSR did suck
@@Bosnia_BBRP it was better than life todays post soviet
The news anchor looks like he just came from a Star Trek shoot.
"An era has come to an end"... not yet, aparently.
As of today, Mikahail Gorbachev has died.
August 30th/31st, 2022
Final General Secretary of the USSR
the dictator
The kid that has born 10 minutes after the dissolution: F I WANTED TO BE SOVIET BOI
But he was born in kazakhstan 😎
Boi: I'm soviet for 3 days!
This is underrated
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Thank you so much for keeping the ads in, this video is perfect time capsule
You're very welcome, Miroo! (I thought so too.)
@@ShatnerMethod where did you find out this?
Despite what Russia has become in the last 30 or so years since this historical moment and his attempt to modernize and make the USSR a better place, Gorbachev left a legacy(if its small or complex at the same time). RIP
Yeah legacy of millions dying, millions being sold as prostitutes (including young girls and boys lol) and the extreme poverty without ANY hope for the better future for the next 30 years. What a great man, i wish your country had one just like him.
He was a hack and a pussy coward. Fuck him
Gorbachev never understood that communism has no future in a free society. Communism only works with fear, terror, murder, blood and war. That's what Putin is doing now.
It all went to shit precisely because of him. Everything started back then.
@@Solaire_au_FrohmageTrue.
1991: down
2022: up
I'm not crying.
WE'RE ALL crying
k
I’m not crying i’m glad soviet ended
Baltic, Ukrainian, Eastern eruopean, turkic and siberian people certainly didn't cry
I'm *HAPPY!*
All crying cause it was great day
The saddest video on youtube
It was 68 years and 361 days
We were so close
Super close
No kazakhistan stayed for 4 more days when Russia left the union.
So yeah it's exact 69 years
@@Rawhen_Rajew-aka-Rajubhai As sad as the decolonization of Africa? I mean Mother Russia's chief is a KGB agent. Why do they need subordinates?
@@jussim.konttinen4981 did you actually mean to reply to me?
@@Rawhen_Rajew-aka-Rajubhai It's not a reply, but a question.
On this day 30 years ago at approximately 12:00am, the Soviet Union completely ceased to exist as a sovereign state. Happy 30th anniversary to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and long live the motherland.
@joshlee5863 - Your comment is way too amusing and pathetic! What a load of crap that you said about the Soviet Union's unfortunate demise!
RIP Gorbachev
Gorbachev wasn't only "The Last President of the Soviet Union". Gorbachev was the *only* President of the Soviet Union. He created that post during his final year as General Secretary of the Communist Party.
Her:Ugh he’s probably cheating on me right now
Me and the boys:
Lmao watching this today with historical context is wild. They're reporting on the most consequential event of the 20th century post world War II and out of nowhere there's an ad like, "Ay we got ET on vhs on sale for $9.99! That's a crazy deal!"
Who's here after the 30 years since its collapse
It was a sad day. Santa didn't deliver the PC game I was hoping for.
santa was sad about USSR dissolve
Nah he was happy. He could now dilevever presents in the Soviet Union.
P
P
I applaud Gorbachev’s efforts, as ineffective as they were. He wasn’t an ideologue like Stalin, Brezhnev, and Chairman Mao.
It’s not very often that career politicians put forth reforms that strip away their own power. That give political rights back to the people, that were once stripped away. Then walk away from power.
Imagine if the US Congress enacted a law for congressional term limits. It would never happen.
All governments face the same problem: Power attracts pathological personalities
Wonderfully said.
@@daddy_1453 Th..They were a communist dictatorship...
Well Chairman Mao was of China , Brezhnev did introduce many reforms which made USSR prosper in the 70s , Stalin built the USSR a superpower , though I get why anyone would hate on Stalin tho , the dude was responsible for the death of millions
And yes , you're right about Gorbachev , I'll give it to you for that
But Yeltsin ruined it
@@shubhsiddhartha9409 I hate Mao Zedong more than I hate Hitler or Churchill
But he still got his country to stop exisiting
Freedom and democracy dont mean shit without your country intact
Who's here after the news that Gorbachev has passed away
The Best Christmas Gift!
Kazakhstan: Yo guys! Christmas vacation was awesome, went to Japan, ate some ramen and.......yo where is everybody?
This is another thing The Simpsons can be blamed for. Even the symbolic Moscow Monsters of Rock concert, which featured Highway to Hell performing AC/DC as headliners, came out too long after the Devil told Bart to listen heavy metal music in the January 1991 episode Bart Gets Hit By A Car. Bartmania was something the USSR could not contain, and historians need to recognize that more.
R.I.P gorbachev, you won’t be forgotten
or forgiven
@@valentinbarinovCry about it.
@@user-ti5cn3hv4g i am
92
Watching this footage aligned by timestamp is surreal. The Christmas Miracle to end Christmas Miracles.
USSR: its time for me to go
USSR: was i a good blyat?
lenin: no
lenin: *i was told you were the best*
If Lenin had seen the state of the USSR from 1956 to 1991 he would have puked.
Lenin would have puked since his death to 1991
I really don't think Lenin would have liked what the USSR had become
@@TheButterMinecart1 you realise that Lenin actually wrote a letter , called Lenin's testament, where he urged to not let stalin in power
@@suhas6508 but then hes the one who let Stalin be the secretary
“Few of the people mourned as they lived their live under the flag”. I “few” is a cheap way to downplay the sadness a majority of Russians still face
Heavy understatement.
I wonder if Russia and Eastern Europe in general had received support from the West to help start their new lives (much like the Marshall Plan did for many Europeans after World War II) if the attitude would be significantly different. We can merely speculate today, but as an American the older I get the more I feel we should have done more.
Rest In Peace Michail Gorbachev
30 years later today and I'm not over it 😞
How about now
USSR Collapsed.
People of USSR: *panik*
US Media: do you want to be a volunteer at the Mt. Juliet Community Center, or a deal in Sears, here watch a ad from General Electric about their deals with the Tokyo Electric Company