The Unfinished Time: Russia in the 90s

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   E1. Part I: Awakening

   Jul 25, 2024 · 84m

   The new General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Mikhail Gorbachev, is trying to reform the Soviet regime - and starts a chain reaction of events that he quickly loses control over. The democratic opposition is led by Boris Yeltsin, and soon Gorbachev begins to see him as a threat.

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   E2. Part II: The Unfinished Revolution

   Jul 25, 2024 · 68m

   In order to reverse democratic reforms, the Soviet security forces, led by the chairman of the KGB, staged a coup d'état - they isolated the legitimate president of the USSR Gorbachev in the Crimea and brought tanks into Moscow. But the citizens of Russia, rallied around their president, are putting up unexpected resistance.

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   E3. Part III: Belovezhskaya Pushcha

   Jul 29, 2024 · 62m

   The defeat of the GKChP plays the role of a trigger: the republics secede from the USSR one after another, and the Union, which until recently seemed indestructible, is falling apart before our eyes. In a matter of months, it is necessary to decide how the new Russia will live.

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   E4. Part IV: Shock Therapy

   Aug 2, 2024 · 87m

   To avoid economic catastrophe and famine, immediate reforms are needed. Boris Yeltsin creates a government of young reformers headed by Yegor Gaidar. These measures would later be called "shock therapy": free prices, trade liberalization, privatization.

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   E5. Part V: Confrontation

   Aug 6, 2024 · 106m

   In the autumn of 1993, dual power was formed in Russia. The conflict between the president and the parliament is growing, which leads to a full-scale political crisis and armed clashes on the streets of Moscow. The parliament tries to seize power from the president, and the president dissolves the parliament.

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   E6. Part VI: The First Chechen War

   Aug 9, 2024 · 85m

   At the end of 1994, the Chechen war began in Russia: federal troops entered the republic that had proclaimed independence. The authorities are counting on a quick victory, but instead they get a protracted bloody conflict. Even his loyal allies are turning away from Yeltsin.

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