Boris Yeltsin Quote

The Soviet Union could not exist without the image of the empire. The image of the empire could not exist without the image of force. The USSR ended the moment the first hammer pounded the Berlin Wall.


The View from the Kremlin (ed. HarperCollins, 1994)


The Soviet Union could not exist without the image of the empire. The image of the empire could not exist without the image of force. The USSR ended...

The Soviet Union could not exist without the image of the empire. The image of the empire could not exist without the image of force. The USSR ended...

The Soviet Union could not exist without the image of the empire. The image of the empire could not exist without the image of force. The USSR ended...

The Soviet Union could not exist without the image of the empire. The image of the empire could not exist without the image of force. The USSR ended...