| Only in the years since the Soviet Union broke up has the destruction of European Jewry won widespread acknowledgment in Russia. |
| Peace in Europe during the Cold War rested on two pillars that made up the balance of power between the United States and the Soviet Union. |
| The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the reemergence of independent states across Central Asia. |
| It is long past time that we readjusted our defensive lines overseas to reflect the collapse of the Soviet Union. |
| Russia has been trying to pull the small, rebellious mountain republic back into its fold since the crumbling of the Soviet Union. |
| The Soviet Union had imploded, the Berlin Wall had come tumbling down, and Africans were not indifferent to these winds of change. |
