The demise of the American empire will be no more…

The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.

— Vladimir Putin

After the demise of the Soviet Union, we had many problems of our own for which no one was responsible but ourselves: the economic…

— Vladimir Putin

Putin probably, almost certainly, thinks that one of the great disasters of the 20th century was the demise of the Soviet Union. It's very…

— Alan Greenspan

Imperial politics represents the conquest of domestic politics and the latter's conversion into a crucial element of inverted totalitarianism. It makes no sense to…

— Chalmers Johnson

After the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian influence collapsed, and Moscow came to bitterly resent the Western interventions that destroyed Mr.…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now.

— Newt Gingrich

The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a…

— Barbara Amiel

Which is more important in world history: The Taliban or the fall of the Soviet Empire? A few over-exited Islamists or the liberation of…

— Zbignew Brzezinski

Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries…

— Barbara Amiel

“Over the course of nearly a half-century, Cuba, Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Iran, Namibia, Mozambique, Chile, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and…

— Jeffrey D. Sachs

My 40 years in the foreign service and the careers of many of my friends became associated with the fall of the Soviet Empire…

— Daniel Fried

The external Soviet empire lasted 45 years. It is shattered, beyond redemption or repair.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Utterly absorbing… If you did not have the opportunity to witness the Soviet empire in its death throes, Lenin's Tomb will take you there.

— Jack F. Matlock, Jr

“Beautifully wrought and executed with admirable clarity, Lawrence Sheets’s gripping, intelligent, and compassionate account of the years following the Soviet empire’s end is a…

— Vanora Bennett