The Fall of the Soviet Union
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Nationalism and the Soviet Union
As long as there is a strong central power, nationalism of the subject people does not flourish. But once there is a sense among the estonians and ligmenians and georgians and armenians that the central power is disintegrating, then nationalism suddenly acquires great force. And with the soviet union, you see the satellite states and eastern europe break away. What determined how far and how fast that break up would go? Why didn't other parts of the former soviet Union break away?
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