Why the USSR collapsed

In the book initiated by the Yegor Gaidar Foundation, 14 large -scale interviews with politicians are presented, who, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, became the first leaders of the new independent states. Versions of the events that radically changed the world of the world and the life of millions of people are divided by Askar Akayev, Leonid Kravchuk, Vitautas Landsbergis, Stanislav Shushkevich, Mircea Snegur, Gennady Burbulis, Akezhaan Kazhegeldin, Arnold Ryutel, Ivar Godmanis, Isa Gambar, Tengiz Sigua, Nazar Suyunov, Vazigunov, Vazgen Manukyan and Akbarshu Iskandarov. For all those interested in the political history of the twentieth century. Arkady Dubnov, political scientist, expert on the countries of the former USSR, spoke with the leaders of the republics.