Dark Side of the Earth
How the Soviet Union Collapsed but Remained
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union begins its countdown. From the steppes of Kazakhstan, the first human - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - launches into space.
In that moment, another countdown begins. How could it be that a single generation - just three decades - would separate the USSR's crowning achievement from the ...
How the Soviet Union Collapsed but Remained
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union begins its countdown. From the steppes of Kazakhstan, the first human - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - launches into space.
In that moment, another countdown begins. How could it be that a single generation - just three decades - would separate the USSR's crowning achievement from the ...
