For those of us who lived through the Cold War (man, am I getting old...), the end of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Eastern European satellite states (Poland, Romania, Bulgaria etc.), was the defining moment of my generation. We all grew up in the shadow of the nuclear threat and the idea of Mutual Assured Destruction (appropriately named MAD). We generally believed that the Russians were cold-hearted people that would gladly press the nuclear button on the drop of a dime (nothing can be further from the truth - Russians are among the warmest and friendliest people I have known in my life). It was taken as a fact of life that, one way or another, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe was here to stay and it would stay for a long, long time.
Then, in one instant, it was over. Events beginning in 1989 led to the overthrow of the oppressive governments of Eastern Europe and, to everyone's surprise (and don't let anyone tell you differently), the peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Union. On January 1, 1991, the hammer-and-sickle flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow. On December 31, 1991, it was lowered for the last time and replaced with the tricolor flag of the Russian Federation. This event was repeated in 14 capitals in now independent states.
This unprecedented transfer of power created a power and legal vacuum that was ready to be exploited. And, this was the opportunity of a lifetime for Viktor But.
Then, in one instant, it was over. Events beginning in 1989 led to the overthrow of the oppressive governments of Eastern Europe and, to everyone's surprise (and don't let anyone tell you differently), the peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Union. On January 1, 1991, the hammer-and-sickle flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow. On December 31, 1991, it was lowered for the last time and replaced with the tricolor flag of the Russian Federation. This event was repeated in 14 capitals in now independent states.
This unprecedented transfer of power created a power and legal vacuum that was ready to be exploited. And, this was the opportunity of a lifetime for Viktor But.
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