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why 1979 marked the beginning of the end of the USSR – L’Express
While the world seemed in relative balance since the end of the Second World War, history was shaken up in 1979. With Brice Couturier, journalist and essayist, author of 1979,…
“When the USSR fell, a world died out and nothing replaced it” – L’Express
Four decades after the historic strikes at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk, the giant cranes are here. They overlook the picturesque Baltic coastal town, where electrician Lech Walesa began his…
Ukraine: the Chinese ambassador to France denies the sovereignty of the countries of the former USSR, Paris dismayed
Saturday evening, Paris displayed its “dismay” in reaction to the remarks of the Chinese ambassador to France: the latter denied the sovereignty of the countries resulting from the Soviet Union…
Moldova: Putin’s secret plan to put this country of the former USSR under his influence
The proof that after kyiv appears Chisinau, on the list of Russia? According to an international consortium of journalists, Vladimir Putin had planned, even before invading Ukraine, to try to…
Farewell to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR! they flocked
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), died in hospital at the age of 91. The body of Gorbachev, who died after a serious…
Death of Mikhail Gorbachev: “He did not want the fall of the USSR, quite the contrary”
In the West, the announcement of Mikhail Gorbachev’s death on Tuesday August 30 sparked a shower of tributes. But the communist leader – Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his…
Death of Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the USSR
normal The death on Tuesday August 30 at the age of 91 of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR, aroused vibrant tributes in the West, where his crucial…
Under Gorbachev, the fall of the USSR and its consequences on the allied African regimes
The last leader of the Soviet Union died Tuesday, August 30 at the age of 91 in Russia. Nobel Peace Prize in 1990, he had worked for a reform of…
“Goodbye and thank you, Mr. Gorbachev!” : December 25, 1991, and the USSR disappeared
In the first issue of L’Express for 1992, devoted to the end of the USSR, Yves Cuau takes stock of the last president of the Soviet Union. According to him,…
Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the USSR, is dead
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