Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

Part Three - 1991

Documentary 13 Oct 2022 58 min BBC iPlayer

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S1 E3: The empire strikes back. The hardliners bring tanks to Moscow. But power slips through their shaking hands. The Oligarchs publish their manifesto for the future. Money will replace all ideologies. It is safer. Yeltsin seizes power and abolishes communism. Parts of the old Russian empire, including Chechnya and Ukraine, demand their freedom too.

Documentary 13 Oct 2022 58 min BBC iPlayer

Information

Released: 2022
Run Time: 58 min

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.