Moscow December 25, 1991 : The Last Day of The Soviet Union

The cold war ended not with a bang, but with the scratch of a pen on paper, as mikhail gorbachev resigned and the soviet union was effectively consigned to history. Moscow, december 25,1991 is a compelling and brilliantly constructed narrative built around one day, focusing on the bitter personal relationship between gorbachev and his successor and nemesis, boris yeltsin.