The Fall of the USSR, Pt II
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The Fall of the USSR, Pt II

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 27, 202643 min

The break-up of the USSR was a tough one for Russia, being the jilted republic. For the entire decade after, the country plunged into a type of controlled chaos, with a rampantly corrupt kleptocracy taking the place of the toppled socialist society. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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