Collapse: How Ukrainians Destroyed the Evil Empire

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.

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Created By	Сергій Недзельський Олександр Зінченко Ірина Бубнова Yaroslav Lodygin Serhii Lysenko Olha Bregman Serhiy Mykhalchuk Vitalii Sheremetiev
Status	Ended
Original Name	Колапс. Як українці зруйнували імперію зла
First Air Date	August 27, 2021
Last Air Date	October 8, 2021
Seasons	1
Episodes	7
Episode Runtime	0min
Language	Ukrainian
Original Language	Ukrainian
Production Countries	Ukraine
Production Companies
Networks	UA: PERSHYI

S01E07

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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