Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone S01E04 · Part Four - 1992 to 1994

Overview

Russia goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Dream visions of Russia's imperial past start to rise up. People cannot afford food.

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1. 1 1. Part One - 1985 to 19892022-10-13 · 1h 0mPerestroika. The dream of saving communism. But no-one believes in anything any longer. The managers loot the system. Soldiers return defeated in the war to liberate Afghanistan.
2. 2 2. Part Two - 1989 to 19912022-10-13 · 1h 0mThere are no potatoes in Moscow. Things get worse. Then they get much worse as the rational Communist plan runs out of control everywhere. But McDonald’s opens in Moscow.
3. 3 3. Part Three - 19912022-10-13 · 1h 0mThe empire strikes back. Hardliners attempt a coup. Power slips through their shaking hands. Oligarchs publish a manifesto. Money will replace all ideology. Yeltsin seizes power.
4. 4 4. Part Four - 1992 to 19942022-10-13 · 1h 0mRussia goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Dream visions of Russia's imperial past start to rise up. People cannot afford food.
5. 5 5. Part Five - 1993 to 19962022-10-13 · 1h 0mRussian society implodes. Millions of people fall into the abyss. Many live underground or in forests. The president attacks parliament with tanks saying he is saving democracy.
6. 6 6. Part Six - 1994 to 19982022-10-13 · 1h 0mThe group around the president believe a war in Chechnya will save him. Others want the war to restore the glory of the Russian empire. The Oligarchs seize control of practically e
7. 7 7. Part Seven - 1995 to 19992022-10-13 · 1h 0mSuddenly the western bankers leave. Oligarchs take control and search for a new president to be their puppet. They choose Putin. Russians turn against “the curse of democracy".