The history of the USSR on maps, from the eve of the First World War, until the fall of the USSR in 1991. This video is the third and last part on the history of Russia: The Origins of Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUgzqkCW6A4 The Russian Empire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjDjnhOzqIU -------- Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geohistory -------- English translation & voiceover: Matthew Bates https://www.epicvoiceover.com/ -------- Original French version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-ECVQ0HPGU Russian version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZxLjc7Y50g Arabic version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzYv-CxQUj8 Spanish version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbI68f0_U4M Portuguese version (Brazil): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7CS5UajJ48 Japanese version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyx9cOtLiLo German version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrEWKOEUr-s Corean version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvBtbJ_grAc -------- Music: Made for Geo History by Ledge End: https://www.beatstars.com/ledgeend -------- Software: Adobe After Effects -------- Chapters 00:00 Situation before WWI 01:17 World War I 02:12 The end of the Romanov dynasty 03:18 The October Revolution 04:56 The Russian Civil War 07:38 Stalin 08:57 International Destabilization 11:00 World War II 12:40 The Great Patriotic War 14:20 Turning Point 15:55 The Cold War 17:35 Khrushchev 19:26 The United States 21:09 The dissolution of the Soviet Union #geohistory #ussr #coldwar #russia #history