It occurs to me that it is not often that anyone witnesses - at least via reasonably historical memory - the rise and fall of a geopolitical empire. The Roman Empire took some 500 years to expire - at the end there 'twas no one alive with even vague historical memory of its birth. Yes, one could read Suetonius & Tacitus - but no one could query his grandparents.
In the case of the Soviet Union, this memory is available to us. ... and we have better documentation!
I'm now waiting to read a favorable review in "The New York Review of Books" of a book that adequately takes advantage of this opportunity.
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