Kungani iSoviet Union yawa?
Kunezizathu eziningi zokuwa kweSoviet Union. Kodwa ngokuvamile izazi - mlando ziye zakunciphisa kwaba yizimbangela ezinkulu ezilandelayo:  Ukwanda kobuzwe bobuhlanga emazweni aseSoviet: Ngemva kwamashumi eminyaka okucindezela ubuzwe, amaqembu ezinhlanga aqala ukufakazela ubuzwe bawo futhi afuna ukuzimela okukhulu namandla ezombangazwe. Lokhu kwaphumela ekuvukeleni nasekubhikishweni okuningi kulo lonke elaseSoviet Union okudinga ukuzimela nokuzibusa kwesizwe.  Ukugxuma komnotho nokuwa kwamanani kawoyela: Imodeli yomnotho ehlelwe ngokuyisisekelo yabangela ukusweleka okukhulu kwemikhiqizo yabathengi eyinhloko. Izitolo zazihlale zingenalutho futhi izakhamuzi zaseSoviet kwakudingeka zilinde emigqeni emide ukuze zithenge izinto eziyisisekelo. Ngemva kweminyaka yokuhlushwa ngokwezomnotho, izakhamuzi zaseSoviet zazithukuthelele kakhulu uhulumeni wazo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amanani kawoyela ancipha kakhulu ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, okwanikeza uhulumeni waseSoviet umthombo oyinhloko wemali enzima. Lokhu kwenza kwaba nzima ngohulumeni waseSoviet ukuba ulondoloze amazinga aphezulu okusebenzisa imali kwezempi futhi ugcine umnotho usebenza.  I-Perestroika ne-Glasnost: Izinguquko zikaGorbachev ngawo-1980 zazihloselwe ukuvuselela umnotho waseSoviet. Nokho, ngokungahlosile kwabangela impikiswano ezweni lonke. Inkululeko eyengeziwe yavumela abantu ukuba bagxeke uhulumeni obala futhi bafune izinguquko.  I-Afghanistan neChernobyl: Ekupheleni kwawo-1980, izenzakalo ezimbili zafanekisela ukungafaneleki kukahulumeni waseSoviet. Ukuhluleka kwempi yase-Afghanistan kwaphumela ekulahlekelweni ukwethenjwa ngamasosha aseSoviet. Inhlekelele yaseChernobyl yaveza ukungafaneleki nokukhohlisa kombuso waseSoviet, okwaholela ekunciphiseni okwengeziwe ukwethembana.