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Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
Season 1 • Episode 1 • Part One - 1985 to 1989
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Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone Season 1, Episode 1: Part One - 1985 to 1989
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. Watch Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone Season 1, Episode 1 Part One - 1985 to 1989 in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone Season 1, Episode 1 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Episodes
7 episodes
Part One - 1985 to 1989
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.
60 min
Part Two - 1989 to 1991
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.
60 min
Part Three - 1991
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.
60 min
Part Four - 1992 to 1994
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.
60 min
Part Five - 1993 to 1996
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.
60 min
Part Six - 1994 to 1998
The group around the president believe a war in Chechnya will save him. Others want the war to restore the glory of the Russian empire. The Oligarchs seize control of practically everything. In the upside down world gangsters become heroes for defending democracy.
60 min
Part Seven - 1995 to 1999
Suddenly the western bankers leave. Oligarchs take control and search for a new president to be their puppet. They choose Putin. Russians turn against “the curse of democracy".
60 min