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The Fall of the USSR, Pt II

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Aug 27, 202643:50Society & Culture

The break-up of the USSR was a tough one for Russia, being the jilted republic. For the entire decade after, the country plunged into a type of controlled chaos, with a rampantly corrupt kleptocracy taking the place of t...

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