The Fall of the Soviet Union — How a Superpower Died in Silence

The Fall of the Soviet Union — How a Superpower Died in Silence The Soviet Union was the most powerful empire on Earth — armed with nuclear weapons, feared across continents — yet it collapsed without a single shot being fired. In this documentary-style episode, The Geo Ledger explores how the USSR, America’s greatest rival, fell apart from within. From economic collapse and the Cold War arms race, to the reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev and the rise of nationalism across Soviet republics, this video explains why the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. We examine: • The failures of the Soviet economy • The Afghanistan war and Cold War pressure • Perestroika and Glasnost reforms • The August 1991 coup • The role of Boris Yeltsin • The moment the red flag was lowered over the Kremlin The collapse of the Soviet Union reshaped global power, ended the Cold War, and still influences today’s geopolitics — from Russia and Ukraine to NATO and Eastern Europe. 📌 Watch till the end to understand the timeless lesson behind the fall of every empire. 🔔 Subscribe to The Geo Ledger — because history never truly ends… it repeats. 00:00 👉The Superpower That Fell in Silence 00:58 👉Birth of the Soviet Empire 01:28 👉Economic Collapse Inside the USSR 02:14 👉Cold War & Afghanistan War 02:51 👉Gorbachev and the Dangerous Reforms 03:27 👉Rise of Nationalism 04:14 👉The 1991 Coup Attempt 04:48 👉The Red Flag Comes Down 05:24 👉A Superpower No More 05:56 👉Lessons From the Soviet Collapse soviet union collapse, fall of the soviet union, ussr collapse explained, cold war history, mikhail gorbachev, boris yeltsin, soviet economy failure, afghanistan war ussr, glasnost perestroika, collapse of communism, end of cold war, history documentary, geopolitics explained, modern world history. why soviet union failed, 1991 soviet collapse, world history explained, political history, russia soviet union, eastern europe history, geo ledger, the geo ledger, superpower collapse, rise and fall of empires, nato soviet union, us vs ussr, global politics history, communism collapse why did the soviet union collapse how soviet union fell ussr collapse 1991 cold war end explained soviet union documentary fall of communism history of ussr soviet empire collapse geopolitics history modern history documentary world order after 1991 superpower downfall soviet reforms failure glasnost explained perestroika explained afghanistan soviet war russia post soviet era eastern europe independence nato expansion history end of ussr explained #SovietUnion #USSR #ColdWar #HistoryDocumentary #Geopolitics #WorldHistory #SovietCollapse #FallOfEmpires #Communism #RussiaHistory #EasternEurope #GlobalPolitics #ColdWarHistory #ModernHistory #PoliticalHistory #1991 #Gorbachev #BorisYeltsin #NATO #WorldOrder #HistoryExplained #GeoPolitics #TheGeoLedger #EmpireCollapse #PowerShift #WarWithoutBattle #USvsUSSR #Superpower #HistoryChannel #DocumentaryStyle #HistoryShorts #WorldAffairs #GlobalPower #EmpireFalls #PoliticalDocumentary #WorldExplained #HistoryMatters #PastToPresent