Why did the Soviet Union Collapse?

Why did the Soviet Union Collapse?

As the Iron Curtain fell, over a dozen nations were finally freed from the heavy-handed grasp of the once-powerful U.S.S.R. From its foundation in 1922 until its final demise in 1991, the Soviet Union and its allies made up an incredibly significant portion of Europe - essentially filling out the entire Eastern side of the continent. A global superpower at its peak, the U.S.S.R. somehow only lasted a short 70 years. How is this possible? And why, exactly, did the Soviet Union collapse?...

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[heapsdontlie]

As a person from the post soviet state, I can surely say that corruption destroys any country.

[landenwillard]

"Empires are not brought down by outside forces, they are destroyed by weaknesses from within"

[markrcca]

I lived in USSR until 1985. From what I understand that was happening around me, the majority of population no longer believed the Communist ideals leading them to a more prosperous and just society. They looked at the West, and wondered why their own society was so far behind. The old excuse that "we're still rebuilding after WW2" was no longer convincing - WW2 was far too long ago at that point. Then came Gorbachev, and his opening-up policies, even if limited, allowed people to raise their heads and push for radical change - the republics split off, and mainland Russia threw off the Communist Party. Many say it wasn't his intention - but it surely was the result!

Specific events like Chernobyl, or the Afghan war, surely played their part. However they weren't the underlying cause, but rather - catalysts to the inevitable.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

The real reason why:
Gorbachev wanted Pizza Hut

[janektymkiewicz]

One remark, Yugoslavia was never part of Warsaw Pact, nor was considered as Soviet satellite

[SuperZombieBros]

The Soviet Union collapsed because of Raid Shadow Legends.

[micahistory]

the soviet union's liberalisation just exposed all the problems it had

[cprow]

It’s crazy that Gorbachev is still alive

[PopcornRecap]

Who else is here trying to better understand the Russia-Ukraine war?

[Beantastrophe]

Do one about Byzantine and its importance to Russia's rise.

[vytautas]

"This is the best video I have ever seen"

-Every person from ex-soviet country

[damonp]

Soviet Union collapsed after watching Delta Force starring Chuck Norris !

[emilevika]

Actually Lithuania was the first to declare it's independence way before the fall of Soviet Union. It caused a "domino effect" and undermined M. Gorbachev’s prestige and his reforms, which resulted in other countries wanting to regain their independence and put an end to these horrible events

[davidparadis]

Many of the soviet satellite states were heavily subsidized, and the military cost an enormous amount of money to run...the US recognized that the USSR was critically low on hard currency, most of which was obtained in oil trade on the open market. Recently declassified info shows that GHW Bush asked Saudia Arabia to drop the price of the OPEC oil to drive the USSR bankrupt...it had the desired effect...and this folks is why, regardless of their internal policies, that Saudia Arabia has the US as a long term ally.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

10:17
The Soviet flag was lowered at the top of the Kremlin Senate, not the Spasskaya clock tower, though I understand why you chose the tower since it's more recognizable. And the Russian tricolor during that time had a lighter shade of blue

[jacob]

But the United States and the Soviet Union had so much in common! After all, what two other nations both had a state called GEORGIA?! lol

[eksiarvamus]

This video leaves out a rather important fact - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania considered themselves illegally occupied sovereign states and they did not per se "declare independence from the USSR", but eventually declared the illegal Soviet occupation to have ended. This view of international law is supported by several prominent international organizations as well as by most sovereign states that exist since 1940.

[linhhoang]

What surprised me was the fact Gorbachev still lived after getting ousted. There was a time The Soviets were so scary with their KGB's insidious activities

[waynejackson]

Another factor in the demise of the USSR was the collapse of oil prices around 1979, which adversely affected the economy. The CEO of the oil company I worked at back then felt it was a deliberate action to damage the USSR, but ended up doing the same worldwide.

[sabakvetenadze]

Its impossible to survive when half of world is against u and 14 countey wants independent.
No matter how strong are u