[quote=@Shorticus]
Out of curiosity, do you have any sources you'd recommend we read to prepare for the start of the RP?
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[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-2kx549Mf0]This[/url] is a decent video that explains the direct fall of the Soviet Union. However I also recommend reading just from Wikipedia. Of course due to rather blatant political beliefs I have a bias opinion personally on the fall of the USSR and the Warsaw Pact, but I will however remain entirely neutral in the RP and leave it to the players to lead the Union.