Collapse of Communism: The Fall of the Soviet Union

byNayantara Chandrasekhar

The Soviet Union (USSR) was a massive empire that lasted for nearly 70 years, from 1922 to 1991. It began with the Russian Communist Revolution after World War I and was brought to an end with the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany in 1989. The fall of the USSR was one of the most important political events of the 20th century and happened to be one of the fastest collapses of any empire throughout modern history. NAYANTARA CHANDRASEKHAR tells you more.

Collapse of Communism: The Fall of the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a powerful federal socialist state with its capital in Moscow. It was a union of 15 republics— Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ta