Legacy of a Superpower: 30 Years After the Collapse of the USSR

Legacy of a Superpower: 30 Years After the Collapse of the USSR

75 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Dec. 14, 2021

Thirty years ago, in 1991, the Soviet Union, founded in 1922, disappeared, giving birth to fifteen new states, located between the Baltic Sea and the Pamir mountain range, which went their own way. How many of these republics have succeeded? How much real influence does Moscow exert over them? What role do NATO and the European Union play in this very complicated economic and political maze?

Legacy of a Superpower: 30 Years After the Collapse of the USSR

75 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Dec. 14, 2021

Legacy of a Superpower: 30 Years After the Collapse of the USSR
Thirty years ago, in 1991, the Soviet Union, founded in 1922, disappeared, giving birth to fifteen new states, located between the Baltic Sea and the Pamir mountain range, which went their own way. How many of these republics have succeeded? How much real influence does Moscow exert over them? What role do NATO and the European Union play in this very complicated economic and political maze?
Producers ARTE, MDR, Hoferichter & Jacobs
Original title Das Erbe einer Weltmacht – Geopolitik auf den Trümmern der Sowjetunion
Directors Martin Striegel, Michael Schmidt
Writers Michael Schmidt, Jan Lorenzen

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