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The Last Days of the USSR (2011)

The Last Days of the USSR (2011)

History TV Movie Documentary
Release Date: 2011, December 12
Directors: Jean-Charles Deniau
Countries: France
Production: Roche Productions, France Télévisions, Planète+, LCP - Assemblée nationale
Cast: Noam Chomsky, Mikhail Gorbachev, Grigoriy Yavlinskiy, Lech Wałęsa, Philippe Faure, Stephen F. Cohen, Andrei Gratchev, Algirdas Brazauskas, Eduard Shevardnadze, Alexander Yakovlev, Valentin Pavlov, Gennady Burbulis

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

1990s coup d'etat ussr fall of communism mikhail gorbachev