The End of the Soviet Union?
The End of the Soviet Union? Origins and Legacies of 1991
19.05.2011-21.05.2011, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen
Conference languages: English & Russian
Deadline for paper proposals: April 30th, 2010
During the last two decades, the thitherto unimaginable collapse of the Soviet Union was seen both as a definite break with the Soviet past and the onset of a phase of ‘transition’ to a democratic future. From both Eastern and Western standpoints, the year 1991 appeared as a definite epochal border.