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jul 17, 2021 - The Disintegration of the Soviet Union

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With the East Bloc having turned private capitalist, it was time, greedy investors reasoned, for the Soviet Union to go the same way. Realizing his time was done, Gorbachev stepped down as General Secretary, leaving "free market" reformer Boris Yeltsin to take his place.

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jul 17, 2021
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~ 4 years and 3 months ago