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How the Soviet Union fell
In Depth And why Mikhail Gorbachev’s election was the final nail in the coffin
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How the Cold War began
In Depth The decades-long conflict spanned the globe and cost the lives of millions
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Russia ‘tries to declare Stalin historian insane’
Speed Read Historian who angered the Kremlin by exposing Soviet leader’s crimes begins enforced psychiatric testing
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Stanislav Petrov ‘the man who saved the world’ dies in Russia aged 77
Speed Read Former Soviet colonel averted certain cold war nuclear disaster thanks to ‘gut instinct’ in 1983
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Berezovsky 'hanged', but few Russians mourn 'cunning' exile
In Depth Post-mortem suggests 67-year-old took his own life but friends insist he would not have committed suicide
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