Collapse: How Ukrainians Destroyed the Evil Empire (2021)
Synopsis
This 7 episode documentary is about the collapse of the USSR and the part Ukrainians took in it. The series brings the Ukrainian perspective into the global narrative for the first time, along with recently unclassified details from the CIA and KGB archives.
First Air Date: 2021-08-27
Last Air Date: 2021-10-08
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 7
Created By: Yaroslav Lodygin, Ірина Бубнова, Олександр Зінченко, Сергій Недзельський, Serhii Lysenko, Olha Bregman, Serhiy Mykhalchuk, Vitalii Sheremetiev
Networks: Suspilne Pershyi
Seasons
None (2021)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: День страху / The Day of Fear
The 1st episode is about a possible scenario of violent development of the situation in Kyiv on the first day of the Emergency Situations Ministry: seizure of the Verkhovna Rada by military special forces and mass arrests of both opposition leaders and "sovereign communists". It looked like a "day of fear" from the perspective of politicians, journalists, and Ukrainians in Kyiv, Washington, and Moscow.
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Ep. 2: Ніч Гніву / The Night of Anger
The second episode is built around the conspiracy theory that Ukraine's declaration of independence is part of a US special services scenario.
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Ep. 3: Без Ейфорії / Without Euphoria
The third episode tells about the events of August 21, 1991.
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Ep. 4: Дефолт / The Financial Crisis
This episode is about when and why the economic collapse of the USSR actually took place.
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Ep. 5: Ефект Доміно / Domino Effect
The last few years before the collapse of the USSR looked like a chain reaction: events in one country of the socialist camp pushed the processes in the neighbors. The fifth episode tried to find out what exactly caused the collapse of USSR
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Ep. 6: Незалежність / The Independence
The sixth episode reveals what exactly happened behind the scenes of the historic session of the Verkhovna Rada, where the "Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine" was adopted.
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Ep. 7: На Межі Ядерної Катастрофи / On the Verge of a Nuclear Disaster
In the fall of 1991, Moscow newspapers reported that Yeltsin had discussed with the military the possibility of a nuclear bombing of Kyiv. Did this mean that the CIA's June forecast could come true in October-November 1991? Was a nuclear apocalypse possible in the scenario described by the CIA? Could Ukraine have become a communist reserve? Why did Ukrainians go to the polls en masse to "kill the USSR"? Why did Poland and Canada hold races to be the first to recognize independence, while the United States set tough conditions for Kyiv? How did Kravchuk beat both Moscow and Washington? Who really ruined the USSR?
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