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The Fall of the Soviet Union
by Vladislav M. Zubok · first published 2021
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…was the dual-circuit monetary system of its economy, which literally prevented half of its "capital" to follow innovation or market forces outside of centralized allocation. I highly recommend the book Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav Zubok
on “Rapira (Рапира) – Soviet programming language interpreter” ↗To anyone interested in this topic, I highly recommend "Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union" by Vladislav M. Zubok. This comment reminded me of one of my notes: Near the end of the book, George HW Bush tries to convince the US government to provide economic aid…
on “Mikhail Gorbachev has died” ↗Collapse, The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav M. Zubok is an excellent political and economic history of the end of the Soviet Union. It isn't long on technical details of the kind the posted article refers…
on “How to Keep 600 Kilograms of Kazakh Highly Enriched Uranium Safe” ↗Can't recommend 'Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union' by Vladislav M Zubok enough. An absolute page-turner that makes this super clear.
on “From Reform to Ruin in the USSR” ↗