Videoholic Ultimate: 'The Fall of Communism (1991)'

Source:Videoholic Ultimate- from a CNN report about the fall of the Soviet Union in Russia.

"From late 1991, here is news about the Crisis in the Soviet Union and the eventual fall of Communism.  This is part 1 of 6." 

From Videoholic The Ultimate 

This is really about the fall of communism in Russia, with the Soviet Union collapsing in Moscow and in other places in Russia, with several Russian republics breaking away from Russia, like Ukraine and the Baltic States, as well as in the Caucus's, as well as Belarus. 

Communism as a political philosophy is still alive and even well, if you look at the People's Republic of China, with the Communist Party able to stay in complete control of the Chinese Government. But communism as a political philosophy, whether it's still alive and well, or on political life support, is still around. Even in Latin America like Cuba and Venezuela, or Central America, where you still have hard corse Socialists there trying to get into power in those government's. 

The reason why communism failed in Russia, has to do with the 45 year Cold War that America and Europe fought against the Soviet Union. As well as President Mikhail Gorbechev gradually opening up Russian society to the outside world and lifting harsh restrictions for the Russian people when it came to personal and economic freedom. And giving the Russian people a little taste of individual freedom, with them deciding they wanted a lot more of it.