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The Fate of the Eastern Bloc After the Soviet Collapse

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the Eastern Bloc was thrown into a whirlwind of political upheaval, economic transformation, and shifting alliances. In this episode, we explore how former ...
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Georgia's tea growers work to revive an industry that collapsed with the Soviet Union

ANASEULI, Georgia (Reuters) -When Lika Megreladze was a child, life in her native western Georgian region of Guria revolved around tea. Her mother worked for decades as a scientist at the Soviet Union ...
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Hardline coup set the stage for Soviet collapse 30 years ago

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOSCOW (AP) — The world held its breath 30 ...
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Opinion: NATO lost its raison d'être after USSR’s collapse

MINSK, 25 June (BelTA) – After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO's existence was no longer justified, historian Yevgeny Spitsyn said in the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on ...