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by mopsi 1180 days ago
> sometimes you do wonder how USSR, with all these mad scientists and engineers, could ever go down

Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone docuseries by Adam Curtis gives a great answert to that.[1] While it may be factually inaccurate at times, it conveys the feeling those times better than anything else I've ever seen.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDA3hIsf7LA&list=PLSjQL8MYni...