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What event marked the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union?
Gorbachev's resignation and the formal dissolution of the USSR in 1991.
What was the outcome of the Communist Party Trial in 1992?
Russian courts produced ambiguous legal verdicts regarding the legality of the party ban and historical state crimes.
How long did Soviet power last?
74 years.
What are the two perspectives in public consciousness regarding the Soviet era?
The Soviet era is viewed either through the lens of state violence or imperial greatness.
What challenges did post-Soviet Russia face in terms of historical memory?
Reconciling Soviet industrial and wartime achievements with mass state terror.
What was lacking in the legal proceedings following the dissolution of the USSR?
A decisive 'Russian Nuremberg' to judge the Soviet past.
What sparked complex struggles over the Soviet past after 1991?
The formal dissolution of the Soviet Union.