Structure of USSR - Cold War DOCUMENTARY

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on the political structure of the USSR.

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[Fonblockland]

Leonid Brezhnev’s unibrow was just Stalins moustache turned up side down.

[garyfrombrooklyn]

Stalin and his mustache disagreed on several occasions, threats by Stalin to shave the mustache were never taken seriously. The mustache’s threats to have Stalin arrested were never acted on, since the move would not be advantageous for Comrade Mustache. Khrushchev, having seen the machinations between Koba and his facial hair prompted Nikita to remain clean shaven throughout his rule.

[ben]

whenever I see Nikita Khrushchev I see Steve Buscemi

[valentinstoyanov]

"Second balalaika" is a really good joke :-) In Bulgaria we have a say "to speak balalaikas" (govori balalaiki) which means "to speak nonsense" or "to lie"...

[JenniferinIllinois]

We all know Stalin's mustache was the real power holder in the USSR. 🤣🤣🤣

[DUCKEYawesomeness]

i love how y'all used the hoi4 soundtrack

[CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Man the USSR does love their beuracarcy

[KiraC-qg]

Fun fact: while in the West they called Stalin and Khruschev "premier" for their posts in the executive, in the Soviet Union people called them and future leaders "gensek" - short for "General Secretary of the Communist Party" because they knew where the real authority lied.

[alexflim]

Your average state in US can only dream about that level of power and independence that was held by average republic in SU
But yes SU was centralized country (atleast till 80s)

[abdiabdi]

Me thinking that there can't be any references to ck3
David: the soviets were basically players in ck3 multiplayer even the allegation of trying to assassinate the pope
Me: interesting 🤔 🙂

[henrimourant]

Cool episode! One question though, why was the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic's communist party and government symbols crossed out when you showed the list of Soviet Republics?

[kylepracz]

You've just been cited for the 3rd time in my progress towards my Master's degree. You folks have no idea how impactful that your position has become for folks like me. Thank you so much for making my dream *that* much more attainable. Much love, Kyle.

[thedukeofswellington]

Most American's don't even know their own history so i applaud you for teaching. I wish i had the time to do more things like this for my students. Especially on a topic like these, these kids are so politicized in a way i never was growing up.

[ThisHandleWasTheOnlyAvailable]

I've lived in the Soviet Union and I've lived in the West. Both had its plusses and minuses. In a nutshell, for entrepreneurial minded people living in the West offers more opportunities, but as far as regukar 9 to 5 people are concerned, life under the Soviet system would be preferable. This is just my opinion of course.

[IncognitoUnknown-fctu]

The book in the front is Big Soviet Encyclopedia. I loved to read that book in my school years.

[sikanderf]

If you could, when you come to a close of the cold war could you do an episode on how the CCP (China) reacted to the fall of the communist states in the 80s-90s?

[chellybub]

I'd love an infographic showing all of the various levels and parts of the USSR. Thanks for the video!

[dominickstephenson]

Do you plan on making videos discussing the different republics within the Soviet Union?

[valentinstoyanov]

An extremely complicated and absurd structure. Just to clarify for those who don't speak Russian: "Soviet" = "Council".

[stephen]

Thank you sir! It's so wonderful to have viewing material of this quality, it never gets boring.