The Synthesis of "USSR collapse"

An explainer on the 1991 dissolution of the USSR, the key factors that led to its collapse, and its lasting impact on the world and its people.

Discover Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union whose reforms ended the Cold War but led to the USSR's collapse.

Discover the causes and events of the February Revolution in 1917, which ended centuries of Romanov rule and set the stage for communism in Russia.

A look at Joseph Stalin, the dictator who forged the Soviet Union into a superpower through rapid industrialization and brutal, terror-filled rule.

An overview of Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator who transformed the USSR into a superpower through industrialization and immense brutality.

An overview of the pivotal 1919-1921 war where newly independent Poland halted the westward advance of Soviet Russia, shaping interwar Europe.

An overview of the Cold War, the ideological and political rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union that defined the second half of the 20th century.

The historic moment on November 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall was opened, symbolizing the end of the Cold War and leading to German reunification.

Explore the Russian Empire, one of history's largest empires, from its founding by Peter the Great to its dramatic fall in the 1917 Revolution.

Discover Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union whose radical reforms ended the Cold War and reshaped the modern world.