Perestroika from Below

Perestroika from Below (1989). Director: Daniel Walkowitz

Description: In Perestroika From Below (1989), labor historians film Donetsk coal miners just after the USSR’s first mass strike since the 1920s. In a final union meeting, miners openly confront their Soviet-style boss over perks and privilege, demand accountability, and move to remove him.

1991

War in Karabakh Eltsin and Russian Sovereignty 500 Days Baltic Independence Shevardnadze Resigns Warsaw Pact Dissolves Miners’ Strike of 1991 March Referendum Nine Plus One Agreement The August Coup Ukrainian Independence The End of the Soviet Union