Thursday, December 26, 2024

The day the Cold War ended and a new world order began

On this day, December 26, 1991 the Supreme Soviet  formally dissolved the Soviet Union. The end of the USSR.

In the years that followed the Russian people felt humiliated. Why did the West not offer help similar to the Marshal Plan, which helped rebuild Germany after World War II?

Would the world be in a better place today if the Soviet Union had never been dissolved?



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