People Quote by Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Nobody thought the Soviet Union would collapse; it was a shock for everyone.

— Svetlana Alexievich

“The fall of communism had more to do with prayer meetings in Poland than bombs dropped on Cambodia.”

— Brian Zahnd

Even today, a majority of people surveyed say that they regret the fact that the USSR collapsed. But only 9 percent say that they…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

When the Soviet Union was dissolved, most of us didn't even have the feeling that the country was falling apart. We thought we would…

— Vladislav Surkov

I didn't believe that the Soviet Union would ever break down.

— Olga Tokarczuk

After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought the last Soviet generation was going to be the great hope for democracy. When that failed, their…

— Masha Gessen

It appears that the Soviets are now going to allow prayer in school. One wonders how soon the United States will catch up.

— Jeff Cooper

I see the collapse of the Soviet Union as a great tragedy of the XX century.

— Vladimir Putin

Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster of the century. As for the Russian…

— Vladimir Putin

It was thought that to rally Islam against godless communism would be doing the Soviet Union a very bad turn indeed, and that, in…

— Edward Said

A great disaster had befallen Russia: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.

— Anonymous

When the USSR collapsed, I was 11, and unlike many people, I don't miss it.

— Margarita Simonyan