This series represents an unparalleled documentary record.of the rapid and profound transformations within the U.S.S.R. that have reverberated throughout Eastern Europe and since led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union itself. The programs include accounts from survivors of Chernobyl and moving sequences of the survivors of the Armenian earthquake, and look at changing attitudes toward religion, disillusioned Afghan war veterans, and various nonconformist groups. "Only rarely do films attain a place in the history of the conflicts which they depict, and this achievement makes Soviets as close to a masterpiece as any documentary I have seen recently." —The London Observer Winner, Prix Italia for best documentary. (5 x 58 minutes)

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