I perché del collasso dell'Urss

The Soviet Collapse
The essay is a slightly modified version of the final part of the section Questions and Débats of the Histoire de l’URSS that will be published in the collection Nouvelle Clio of the Presses Universitaires de France. The fo- cus is on the factors that brought about the final collapse of the Soviet system in 1985-91, as well as on the main interpretations and debates caused by this most important historical event.