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Book review: The drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet Union

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Book review: The drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet Union

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    Marxist-Leninist rule in Russia lasted 74 years, and in August 1991 it effectively collapsed in just three days: clear evidence of how hollowed out it had become. In the period that followed, Russia tried parliamentary democracy and unalloyed capitalism, then sank back into autoc…

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