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EPISODE · Aug 11, 2025 · 37 MIN

The End of History Part 45: Scorpions in a Bottle

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Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev were both men of remarkable talent and drive. Yet, their inability to work together toward a common goal led to an intense rivalry that weakened, rather than strengthened the efficacy of Perestroika, and helped to hasten the final demise of the USSR.

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