Liked: The Breakup of the Soviet Union Explained The Collapse of the Soviet Union. Patreon: https://ift.tt/hX2efbG Social Media Discord: https://ift.tt/hzfHk0l Reddit: https://ift.tt/m7wuB9b Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScopeHistory Instagram: https://ift.tt/8f7uN21 Facebook: https://ift.tt/tUGOI4s My music playlist while animating: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSxw_OLJxQj2amarphSC68tia4gBSVwth Music in this video 0:00, 30:42 - Soviet National Anthem 4:58 - Carmen Habanera - Georges Bizet 7:10, 39:32 - From Russia With Love - Huma Huma 10:17 - Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky 18:17 - Danse des Petits Cygnes - Tchaikovsky 28:15 - Balada pentru vioara - George Enescu (I need to add the others but I am super tired at the moment... please leave a comment asking for the others if you want to know them... I'm too tired to look them all up at the moment. I'm sorry) FURTHER WATCHING - The Soviet Economy Explained: https://youtu.be/S3Jkqqlpibo - The opening of the Berlin Wall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjNz1lvXgzU & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFlT46JwEJE - Yeltsin on a Tank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zXChf5tEMI - Human Barricade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtNyT7ljPz8] SOURCES: - Short summary of the events: https://ift.tt/zXv5b3M - https://ift.tt/o5TQdnN - The Collapse seen as at the time: https://ift.tt/YH7q1rm - Comparison between the USA’s economy and the Soviet economy: https://ift.tt/on3YdNB The USA’s perspective: https://ift.tt/aCQNEj7 - Text of Gorbachev’s Farewell Address: https://ift.tt/SHKNFQd - Why the USSR collapsed: https://ift.tt/y5r1nxV via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2GmtBCVHzY