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Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

20228.61 Season7 EpisodesEnded

Overview

What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.

Created by Adam Curtis
Written by Adam Curtis
Produced by Sandra Gorel
NetworksBBC iPlayer

Top Cast

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self (archive footage)

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Trailer

Themes & Keywords

ideologysoviet uniontraumasocietypoliticsdemocracycommunismrussiahistorysocietal collapse

About Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone is a documentary, war & politics series that first aired in 2022 exploring themes of ideology, soviet union, trauma, society, politics, democracy. Created by Adam Curtis, it stars Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin. What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.

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