The Soviet Jet Train That Burned Itself Out
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The Soviet Jet Train That Burned Itself Out
0:44
North Korea’s Underground Metro Bunker #pyongyang #northkorea
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North Korea’s Underground Metro Bunker #pyongyang #northkorea
0:36
The Soviet Ekranoplan Program: Flying Sea Monsters of the Cold War
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The Soviet Ekranoplan Program: Flying Sea Monsters of the Cold War
5:12
The Soviet Concorde That Never Worked
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The Soviet Concorde That Never Worked
0:44
The Soviet Ear to the Universe: Kalyazin RT-64
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The Soviet Ear to the Universe: Kalyazin RT-64
0:43
The Siberian Pyramid: Daryal Radar
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The Siberian Pyramid: Daryal Radar
0:45
The Collapse of Soviet Agriculture 🌾 Why the USSR Had to Import Grain
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The Collapse of Soviet Agriculture 🌾 Why the USSR Had to Import Grain
4:42
The Russian Woodpecker: Duga Radar Explained
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The Russian Woodpecker: Duga Radar Explained
0:43
The Lun-Class Ekranoplan — The USSR’s Flying Warship
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The Lun-Class Ekranoplan — The USSR’s Flying Warship
0:35
The Uzbek Cotton Scandal #coldwareconomics #sovietunion #coldwarhistory #uzbekistan
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The Uzbek Cotton Scandal #coldwareconomics #sovietunion #coldwarhistory #uzbekistan
0:52
The Soviet Black Market
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The Soviet Black Market
4:27
The Soviet Leader Who Declared War on Disco #USSR #SovietUnion
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The Soviet Leader Who Declared War on Disco #USSR #SovietUnion
0:22
The Soviet Union’s New Elite Class #coldwarhistory #coldwar #sovietunion
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The Soviet Union’s New Elite Class #coldwarhistory #coldwar #sovietunion
0:46
Stalin’s Palace of the Soviets: The Skyscraper That Never Was 🏛️
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Stalin’s Palace of the Soviets: The Skyscraper That Never Was 🏛️
0:42
The USSR’s Queue Economy: 40 Hours a Month Standing in Line
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The USSR’s Queue Economy: 40 Hours a Month Standing in Line
0:54
The Soviet Rocket That Kept on Blowing Up 🚀🔥
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The Soviet Rocket That Kept on Blowing Up 🚀🔥
3:21
Chernobyl: The Night the Reactor Blew ☢️
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Chernobyl: The Night the Reactor Blew ☢️
0:54
North Korea’s Fake Model Village 🏘️
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North Korea’s Fake Model Village 🏘️
0:51
Poland’s Failed Atomic City ☢️
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Poland’s Failed Atomic City ☢️
0:46
The Soviet Airship Dream: From Propaganda to Disaster
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The Soviet Airship Dream: From Propaganda to Disaster
3:18
The Soviet Airship Dream That Crashed
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The Soviet Airship Dream That Crashed
0:54
The Soviet Union Killed the Aral Sea
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The Soviet Union Killed the Aral Sea
0:51
The Soviet Union vs. Venus: Billions Spent, Minutes Survived
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The Soviet Union vs. Venus: Billions Spent, Minutes Survived
7:09
Cuba’s Ice Cream Cathedral
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Cuba’s Ice Cream Cathedral
0:49
Why the Chernobyl Disaster Happened
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Why the Chernobyl Disaster Happened
9:09
Crazy Communist Construction: Buzludzha, the UFO Temple of Communism
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Crazy Communist Construction: Buzludzha, the UFO Temple of Communism
0:48
East Germany’s Trabant: A 14-Year Wait for a Car
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East Germany’s Trabant: A 14-Year Wait for a Car
0:53
North Korea’s Gift Mansions: Junk for the Kims
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North Korea’s Gift Mansions: Junk for the Kims
0:53
The Kitchen Debate: Nixon vs Khrushchev in a Model Kitchen
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The Kitchen Debate: Nixon vs Khrushchev in a Model Kitchen
0:49
How Soviet Economic Planning Worked — And Why It Failed
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How Soviet Economic Planning Worked — And Why It Failed
6:05
Shturmovshchina: Why Soviet Factories Worked in Storms
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Shturmovshchina: Why Soviet Factories Worked in Storms
0:57
Why Soviet Slums Still Stand: The Untold Story of Khrushchevka
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Why Soviet Slums Still Stand: The Untold Story of Khrushchevka
8:29
The Soviet Union’s Exploding TVs
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The Soviet Union’s Exploding TVs
0:45
Poland’s Cola Wars: Polo-Cockta vs Coca-Cola
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Poland’s Cola Wars: Polo-Cockta vs Coca-Cola
0:37
Mongolia’s Forgotten Five-Year Plans
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Mongolia’s Forgotten Five-Year Plans
4:32
North Korea’s 1,000 Unpaid Volvos
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North Korea’s 1,000 Unpaid Volvos
0:37
The Only People Who Can Have a Car in North Korea
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The Only People Who Can Have a Car in North Korea
0:43
The USSR’s Toxic Legacy: How a Superpower Poisoned Its Own Land
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The USSR’s Toxic Legacy: How a Superpower Poisoned Its Own Land
6:05
Crazy Communist Construction: Romania Erased 7,000 Villages
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Crazy Communist Construction: Romania Erased 7,000 Villages
0:46
Soviet Computers: How the USSR Killed Its Own Tech Future
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Soviet Computers: How the USSR Killed Its Own Tech Future
5:09
The Dictator’s Wife Who Faked Being a Scientist
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The Dictator’s Wife Who Faked Being a Scientist
0:55
The USSR’s Lost Moon Rover
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The USSR’s Lost Moon Rover
0:45
How the USSR Tried to Move Rivers With Nuclear Bombs
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How the USSR Tried to Move Rivers With Nuclear Bombs
3:03
The Romanian Dictator Who Banned Scrabble
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The Romanian Dictator Who Banned Scrabble
0:30
How Workers Bankrupted Their Own Factories in Yugoslavia
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How Workers Bankrupted Their Own Factories in Yugoslavia
0:41
Soviet Arctic Cities: Frozen Dreams, Fading Future
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Soviet Arctic Cities: Frozen Dreams, Fading Future
4:02
North Korea’s Rustbelt: The Collapse of the DPRK’s Industrial Dream
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North Korea’s Rustbelt: The Collapse of the DPRK’s Industrial Dream
4:40
Brezhnev’s Medal Addiction: A Dictator Drowning in Awards
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Brezhnev’s Medal Addiction: A Dictator Drowning in Awards
0:43
The USSR’s Oil Addiction: How the Soviet Economy Rode — and Crashed — on Crude
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The USSR’s Oil Addiction: How the Soviet Economy Rode — and Crashed — on Crude
3:10
The Soviet Gerontocracy: When the Kremlin Grew Old
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The Soviet Gerontocracy: When the Kremlin Grew Old
4:34
Cuba’s Coffee Plan Was a Swamp-Filled Disaster
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Cuba’s Coffee Plan Was a Swamp-Filled Disaster
0:46
Crazy Communist Construction: USSR’s Giant Hotel They Blew Up
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Crazy Communist Construction: USSR’s Giant Hotel They Blew Up
0:49
The Gulag Economy— When Forced Labor Fueled the Soviet Machine
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The Gulag Economy— When Forced Labor Fueled the Soviet Machine
5:53
The Ruble That Couldn't Travel: Why the Soviet Currency Was Trapped Behind the Iron Curtain
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The Ruble That Couldn't Travel: Why the Soviet Currency Was Trapped Behind the Iron Curtain
3:44
Crazy Communist Construction: Nuclear Lighthouses
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Crazy Communist Construction: Nuclear Lighthouses
0:44
Political Abuse of Psychiatry in the USSR
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Political Abuse of Psychiatry in the USSR
0:36
Comecon, Moscow’s answer to the Marshall Plan
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Comecon, Moscow’s answer to the Marshall Plan
3:23
The Nuclear Disaster Before Chernobyl
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The Nuclear Disaster Before Chernobyl
0:55
Soviet Sea of Sand: The Great Plan to Green the Desert
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Soviet Sea of Sand: The Great Plan to Green the Desert
0:46
Crazy Communist Construction: Ceaușescu’s Palace of Madness
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Crazy Communist Construction: Ceaușescu’s Palace of Madness
1:08
Crazy Communist Construction: Stalin’s Canal of Corpses
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Crazy Communist Construction: Stalin’s Canal of Corpses
0:46
Republikflucht Part 3: The Berlin Wall and East Germany’s War on Escape
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Republikflucht Part 3: The Berlin Wall and East Germany’s War on Escape
2:07
Republikflucht Series Part 2: Stopping the Escape
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Republikflucht Series Part 2: Stopping the Escape
0:53
Republikflucht Series Part 1 : East Germany’s Brain Drain Crisis
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Republikflucht Series Part 1 : East Germany’s Brain Drain Crisis
0:48
The Billion-Dollar Ryugyong Ghost Hotel
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The Billion-Dollar Ryugyong Ghost Hotel
0:46
North Korea’s $1 Hotel Room
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North Korea’s $1 Hotel Room
0:48
Communist Bulgaria’s Fake Tech Boom
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Communist Bulgaria’s Fake Tech Boom
0:36
Communist Airlines: Irony of Interflug and TAROM
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Communist Airlines: Irony of Interflug and TAROM
0:58
North Korea’s Supermarkets Are Empty — On Purpose
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North Korea’s Supermarkets Are Empty — On Purpose
0:51
Cuba’s Starvation Decade: The Special Period
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Cuba’s Starvation Decade: The Special Period
0:50
The Fake Labor Numbers
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The Fake Labor Numbers
0:55
Soviet Vending Machines: A Rusty Dream
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Soviet Vending Machines: A Rusty Dream
0:55
The USSR’s War on God: Stalin’s Crusade Against Christianity
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The USSR’s War on God: Stalin’s Crusade Against Christianity
3:14
Pol Pot’s Year Zero
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Pol Pot’s Year Zero
0:51
Stalin’s War on Farmers: Dekulakization Explained
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Stalin’s War on Farmers: Dekulakization Explained
0:58
The Soviet Union’s One-Car Policy: A 10-Year Wait for a Lada
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The Soviet Union’s One-Car Policy: A 10-Year Wait for a Lada
0:31
North Korea’s Loyalty Score System Is Pure Dystopia
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North Korea’s Loyalty Score System Is Pure Dystopia
0:38
Mao Killed the Sparrows. Then Millions Starved.
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Mao Killed the Sparrows. Then Millions Starved.
0:33
173,000 Bunkers. Zero Invasions.
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173,000 Bunkers. Zero Invasions.
0:54
Mao’s Backyard Furnaces: How China Burned Its Future for Scrap Metal
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Mao’s Backyard Furnaces: How China Burned Its Future for Scrap Metal
0:44
The Soviet Union’s 1965 Economic Gamble: Kosygin’s Profit Plan
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The Soviet Union’s 1965 Economic Gamble: Kosygin’s Profit Plan
4:17
How Romania Paid Off Its Entire Debt… By Starving Its People
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How Romania Paid Off Its Entire Debt… By Starving Its People
5:37
On-the-Spot Guidance: North Korea’s Most Absurd Economic Ritual
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On-the-Spot Guidance: North Korea’s Most Absurd Economic Ritual
5:54
Buran: The USSR's Abandoned Space Shuttle That Landed Itself
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Buran: The USSR's Abandoned Space Shuttle That Landed Itself
4:56
The Virgin Lands Campaign: How the Soviet Union Tried to Feed Itself With Dust
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The Virgin Lands Campaign: How the Soviet Union Tried to Feed Itself With Dust
6:19
East Germany’s Secret Luxury Factories: Socialism’s Black Market for the West
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East Germany’s Secret Luxury Factories: Socialism’s Black Market for the West
3:20
The Stakhanovite Movement: How the USSR Turned Workers Into Propaganda
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The Stakhanovite Movement: How the USSR Turned Workers Into Propaganda
4:27
North Korea’s Chollima Movement: Work Harder, Believe Harder
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North Korea’s Chollima Movement: Work Harder, Believe Harder
5:23