Map - Cold War 1960-1991
Map showing distribution of loyalties between the United States and the Soviet Union
Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong
Article attempts to explain why the collapse of the Soviet Union was such a surprise to the West, from Foreign Policy magazine.
Metallica - Enter sandman (live in Moscow 1991) HD - YouTube
This is what is looks like when communism falls. Mikhail Gorbachev asked Metallica, AC/DC the Black Crowes to perform in the Soviet Union and perhaps as 1.5 million fans crammed into the Tushino airfield to rock in one of the largest concerts of all time. Although official estimates put the crowd at somewhere around 800,000, the seething sea of human emotion is awe inspiring.