Past Event
Why Did Russia Let the Republics Go? Revisiting the Fall of the USSR
Few people expected the USSR to fall apart as it did, without a major bloodshed. Serhii Plokhii attempts to answer the question of why Russia of Boris Yeltsin did not follow into the footsteps of Serbia of Slobodan Milosevic, by examining the decisions made by Boris Yeltsin and his advisors in the late summer and fall of 1991.
Event Sponsors
Speaker
Serhii Plokhii
Former Short Term Scholar;
Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University
Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University
Hosted By
Kennan Institute
The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange. Read more