Film Screening-- The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Igor Grazin, co-producer and scriptwriter; Member of Parliament, Estonia; and former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Discussant: Thomas Blanton, Director, National Security Archive, George Washington University
Overview
Igor Grazin, co-producer and scriptwriter; Member of Parliament, Estonia; and former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Discussant: Thomas Blanton, Director, National Security Archive, George Washington University
This documentary is based primarily on original footage shot in the Kremlin in 1989 by People's Deputies of the USSR who had worked as television journalists prior to becoming politicians. It shows the collapse of the USSR in its natural sequence: the emergence of Pope John Paul II, the rise of the Solidarity movement in Poland, and, decisively according to this film, the popular nationalist movements in the Baltic states. The film includes contemporary interviews with the major politicians of the era, including Mikhail Gorbachev, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Lech Walesa.
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Kennan Institute
The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Russia and Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange. Read more
Cold War International History Project
The Cold War International History Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War. Through an award winning Digital Archive, the Project allows scholars, journalists, students, and the interested public to reassess the Cold War and its many contemporary legacies. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program. Read more
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