Today, September 5th, is the anniversary of the final break-up of the Soviet Union or USSR in 1991. The Russian leader presiding over this long awaited event was Boris Yeltsin, a man who (not least because of his alcoholism and eccentric behaviour) often seemed one of the more human leaders of what Ronald Reagan called the “Evil Empire”.
Following the Soviet break-up, and clearly in one of his more lucid moments, Yeltsin said “Let’s not talk about communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky”.
Such a pity that millions had to lose their lives before that truth was finally accepted and articulated.
Common Sense 