Life lessons: My Passover in Soviet unfreedom - opinion The history of Soviet Jewish refuseniks demonstrates Jewish resilience throughout the generations. By GIL TROY APRIL 9, 2025 00:40 ...

When the ascent of Mikhail Gorbachev as General Secretary in 1985 brought promises of serious reforms, the Soviet Union soon collapsed and was dissolved in 1991. The long Cold War was over.

In 1992 the world woke up to find that the Soviet Union was no longer on the map. One of the world’s two superpowers had collapsed without a war, alien invasion or any other catastrophe.

But Chinese leaders’ lessons from the Soviet collapse have changed over the years. By Zhuoran Li. October 08, 2022. ... Instead of Soviet Union history, the dean suggested, ...

On November 13, AEI will host a lecture by Yegor Gaidar, acting prime minister during the first government of President Boris Yeltsin and the architect of the free-market revolution in post-Soviet ...

Putin’s history lessons. By Stabroek News. August 25, 2023. ... In fact, Putin’s regime is now in a more precarious position than the Soviet Union was in its final days.