The Reasons for the fall of Socialism/Communism and the Troubles
of Starting the New Democratic System in the Russian Federation "Let's
not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the
sky." Boris Yeltsin (b. 1931), Russian politician, president. Remark
during a visit to the U.S. Quoted in: Independent (London, 13 Sept.
1989).
The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more
than a political event. The powerful bond between economics and
politics that was the integral characteristic of the state socialist
system created a situation that was unique for the…
