The Unfinished Time: Russia in the 90s — Season 1, Episode 1: Part I: Awakening
Documentary, Talk, War & Politics • 84 min • 1 season, 10 episodes
Episode synopsis
The new General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Mikhail Gorbachev, is trying to reform the Soviet regime - and starts a chain reaction of events that he quickly loses control over. The democratic opposition is led by Boris Yeltsin, and soon Gorbachev begins to see him as a threat.
About The Unfinished Time: Russia in the 90s
From the collapse of the Soviet Union to Putin’s rule: how Russia became free and what it did with this freedom. The story of Boris Yeltsin and his times, told by his comrades, family, friends, and foes.