The Last Days of the USSR

Name: The Last Days of the USSR
Uploaded: 2011-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 52 min
Description: From 1989 to 1991 a string of unpredictable events happened that brought to light the rivalry between two men: Gorbachev, hindered by the economic results of his perestroika, and Yeltsin, embodying the hopes of the Russian people. Illustrated with interviews of top protagonists such as Mikhail Gobachev himself, the documentary recounts the critical last two years of the former USSR.

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January 2011
52 min

From 1989 to 1991 a string of unpredictable events happened that brought to light the rivalry between two men: Gorbachev, hindered by the economic results of his perestroika, and Yeltsin, embodying the hopes of the Russian people. Illustrated with interviews of top protagonists such as Mikhail Gobachev himself, the documentary recounts the critical last two years of the former USSR.

Type:
MOVIE
Country:
FR
Genres:
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Release:
December 2011
Production:
Roche Productions, France Télévisions, Planète+, LCP - Assemblée nationale
Cast:
Philippe Faure, Stephen F. Cohen, Grigoriy Yavlinskiy, Andrei Gratchev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Algirdas Brazauskas, Eduard Shevardnadze, Alexander Yakovlev, Valentin Pavlov, Gennady Burbulis, Valery Boldin, Kazimira Prunskienė, Yegor Ligachyov, Roland Dumas, Noam Chomsky, Vasily Starodubtsev, Vyacheslav Generalov, Oleg Baklanov, Anatoly Chernyaev, Bruno Élie, Michel Peissik, Ivan Silayev, Lech Wałęsa
Tags:
coup d'etat, mikhail gorbachev, 1990s, fall of communism, ussr

The Last Days of the USSR

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