Mikhail Gorbachev was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. He initiated the policies of perestroika and glasnost in an attempt to reform the Soviet economy and political system.

The Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was a major turning point in the Cold War and marked the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union.

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987 and eliminated all intermediate-range nuclear missiles from their arsenals.

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, triggering the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was formed in 1991 by the former Soviet republics after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Russian Financial Crisis occurred in 1998 and was a major economic crisis that occurred in Russia in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Boris Yeltsin was the president of Russia from 1991 to 1999 and was in power during the Russian Financial Crisis.

Privatization was the policy that was implemented in Russia in the 1990s to privatize state-owned enterprises.

Boris Berezovsky was a Russian oligarch who became one of the richest men in the world after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Anna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist who was murdered in 2006 after investigating corruption in the Russian government.

Pussy Riot was a Russian punk rock band that was known for its criticism of the Russian government.

Alexei Navalny is a Russian opposition leader who was poisoned in 2020.

The Russo-Ukrainian War is a military operation that began in 2022 in Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the Ukrainian president who was in power during the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Valery Gerasimov is the Russian military commander who was killed in Ukraine in 2022.