The Breakup of the Soviet Union Explained

"to avoid controversy over finland, i'll just remove finland" problem solving 100

"Russia left" "Kazakhstan is now admin"

He possessed a quality lacking in most world leaders: he knew when to quit. May he rest in peace... he was what in the end matters the most: a good person.

As a documentary buff, this is one of the most fascinating and informative documentaries I have ever watched. You have a new subscriber.

To avoid offending people from Finland, I will just delete the country from history

YouTube recommendations: shows fall of the Soviet Union Me at 3:00 am: yeah I got time

8:55 My mom was a soviet medical student, she almost died in an earthquake that happend in the 90’s in Moldova. Developed a fear of cars temporarily cuz she got in a accident an the driver bailed cuz fuel was leaking and waited for the car to explode, but thankfully nearby people came to help her and the other trapped students, the car was flipped on the side and all of them got out thru the window, the car they were in was a soviet ambulance. I was in one for a couple of times, either it be to go to the capital, and to go to the main hostipal that was on the outskirts of town, and I’m Gen Z. Healthcare wasn’t attrocious, they had good lasting equiment for that time, and you wouldn’t just die of hunger, even tho poverty was somewhat widespeard, it all depended on what your parents job was and much they would get. Medics weren’t stupid and they were very good, what was bad, was the system. I live in Moldova so take that as an isolated conclusion, I know nothing about what was happening in the other parts of USSR.

EXCELLENT video. So much history summed up in just 40 minutes. Also, i noticed the LACK of ad breaks. Another THANK YOU. I couldn't believe how fast the time went. This was educational yet also interesting and presented in a clear, understandable way. Its sad how MANY people lived through this but how FEW people know what truly happened. Even in USA public schools this is glossed over..i remember my history teacher spent MORE time trying to shame us for taking the land away from the Native American Indians than she did about anything in Europe.

I'd imagine that Russia declaring independence from the USSR before Kazakhstan did would have been as surreal as England declaring independence from the UK before, say, Wales did.

"Did you do it?" "Yes." "What did it cost?" "Finland."

As an Englishman I love learning about foreign history it’s just so interesting. We don’t get taught any of this In school and we dong get taught how not everything about communism is bad. It’s just so much better to learn things from an unbiased viewpoint. I wish school was like this :((

Loved every minute of it. Thanks a lot for the effort you put in making this.

I love the fact that kazakhstan was the soviet union for 4 days

Remove Finland? You cannot simply toy with Swedish property like that.. xD

Thank u for making the video long! What I don’t like about schools teaching about this period is how quick they do it and not go into detail! It was definitely a long and complicated time and I’m glad u explain it to detail by the events

I love how you put classical musics relevant to the countries being talked about. Some that I picked up: Hungarian dance for Hungary Dvorak's From the New World for Czechoslovakia.

Soviet Union: Good night everyone. See you tomorrow... Last online 30 years ago.

"So to avoid any controversy this time , I'll just remove Finland" We did it boys , Finland is no more.

Amazingly put together, I learned more from your 45 min video than other 4 hour documentaries.

5:41 I thought it was just things referencing Stalin that got changed? Lenin still had a cult of personality, giant banners with his face continued to appear at rallies, and he was even more prominently mentioned in the Soviet anthem.