In 1975, aboard the American-Soviet space flight Soyuz-Apollo, cosmonaut Alexey Leonov contemplated planet Earth at a time when communism had reached its maximum expansion.
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And yet, human rights movements (like Charter 77), galvanized by the Helsinki conference, growing economic problems and the influence of pop culture led to the first cracks in the system .

In the USSR, the aging men of the Politburo control the entire society with the help of the police, the secret services and strong political repression.

Twenty years after the end of the USSR, Goodbye comrades! - EP 1
Director: Andrei Nekrasov
Producers: Arte France, Artline Films
Year: 2009
Nationality: France
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