How and Why Did The Soviet Union Collapse

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[Vexxed]

2:20 "By the 1970's the Soviet people noticed the rise of the political elite who lived in posh homes, ate at fancy restaurants and spent their vacations in luxury ski resorts; while millions of average joes die from starvation." *STOP! There was no Russian famine in the USSR during the 1970's, period.* This is absolutely factually incorrect. As awful as the regime was, there was no famine during the 1970s. Being a Political Science major in a European country with a focus on Russian history and politics (and some google search skills) this is obviously wrong. You need to correct this.

[NekiTamBrat]

Soviet Union lasted from 1922 to 1991 . Exactly 69 Years.

NICE

[ThomasAffoltertevis]

I was in college when this happened and it seemed so surreal at the time. We never imagined this would happen. And then, with seemingly little warning, it just did. A real turning point in world history.

[kingguernon]

There was:
Russia 🇷🇺
Ukraine 🇺🇦
Belarus 🇧🇾
Moldova 🇲🇩
Lithuania 🇱🇹
Estonia 🇪🇪
Latvia 🇱🇻
Armenia 🇦🇲
Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
Georgia 🇬🇪
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
Turkmenistan 🇹🇲
Tajikistan 🇹🇯
Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬
In Soviet Union

[chizpa]

2:27 "Millions of average Joes"? You mean "Millions of average Ivans, Mikhails, Dimitris, or Vladimirs"?

[rishnadoproductions]

They should’ve just repaired it with Flex Tape.

[DesGardius-megf]

“You can build a throne of bayonets, but you can’t sit on it for long.”

—Boris Yeltsin

[siegfriedia]

soviet union: **invades Afghanistan**
Afghanistan: "i'm about to end this guy's whole career"
soviet union: **collapses**

[ilhamionur]

Manchuria, Mongolia and Sinkang were Never part of the USSR. Soviets has influence over there and brief occupations happened towards the end of WW2 however they were handed over to China and Mongolia was independent. Your research Seems rather shallow, and repeated claims that doesn't Given much. You should have put up more examples and link it up to the fact that USSR couldn't have stand such conditions in a new era of prosperity.

[darthvader]

Don't just starve alone, let's starve together in unity!

[ms.yawhaw]

Nazis: *Gets defeated by Soviet Winter*

Soviets: *Gets defeated by 15 countries by Traditions and Life*

O_O

[WilliamHouStudio]

0:35 Dude you included Mongolia, Manchuria, Xinjiang and more into the Soviet Union ...

[dspikes]

Im here because of the final ep of Chernobyl

[atharvajumde]

Comrade Valery Legasov. He's the man.

[Fxploit]

Who’s here after Russia declared war on Ukraine

[josephcastano]

Stalin:
**Snaps fingers**
Everyone:
**STARVES**

[danielangelcervantes]

Why mongolia manchuria and western china apears as part of the soviet union wath a geographical mistake.

[HateIronMaiden]

"Millions of people died of starvation" in the USSR in the 70s? Where is your source for that?
As a matter of fact, there were no famines after the Stalin era.

[FastCarsNoRules]

The Soviets lost because they got addicted to Pepsi.

[johnbagel]

Ha ha funny joke, the Soviet motherland has never fallen, gulag for you.