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. Last Updated: 05/24/2013

Stalin Caused the Soviet Collapse

Twenty years after the August 1991 coup that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, it is worth revisiting the puzzle of the Soviet Union's abrupt demise. Which individual more than any other should be held responsible for the Soviet collapse?

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