Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone 1
2022-10-13 | Documentary,War & Politics | 7 episodes1 Season
Episode
Part One - 1985 to 1989 (2022)
Perestroika. The dream of saving communism. But no-one believes in anything any longer. The managers loot the system. Soldiers return defeated in the war to liberate Afghanistan.
Part Two - 1989 to 1991 (2022)
There are no potatoes in Moscow. Things get worse. Then they get much worse as the rational Communist plan runs out of control everywhere. But McDonald’s opens in Moscow.
Part Three - 1991 (2022)
The empire strikes back. Hardliners attempt a coup. Power slips through their shaking hands. Oligarchs publish a manifesto. Money will replace all ideology. Yeltsin seizes power.
Part Four - 1992 to 1994 (2022)
Russia goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Dream visions of Russia's imperial past start to rise up. People cannot afford food.
Part Five - 1993 to 1996 (2022)
Russian society implodes. Millions of people fall into the abyss. Many live underground or in forests. The president attacks parliament with tanks saying he is saving democracy.
