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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 179480, member: 33"]I think the Communist system and USSR still existed until late 1991, but were loosened and changed throughout Gorbachev's time as President.</p><p><br /></p><p>See the following quote from a Wikipedia article:</p><p><font size="5"><b>Dissolution of the USSR[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1982%E2%80%9391)&action=edit&section=8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1982%E2%80%9391)&action=edit&section=8" rel="nofollow">edit</a>]</b></font></p><p>Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" rel="nofollow">Dissolution of the Soviet Union</a></p><p>The <b>dissolution of the Soviet Union</b> was a process of systematic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse" rel="nofollow">disintegration</a>, which occurred in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Soviet_Union" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Soviet_Union" rel="nofollow">economy</a>, social structure and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_Soviet_Union" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_Soviet_Union" rel="nofollow">political structure</a>. It resulted in the abolition of the Soviet Federal Government ("the Union center") and independence of the USSR's republics on 25 December 1991. The process was caused by a weakening of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_Soviet_Union" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_Soviet_Union" rel="nofollow">Soviet government</a>, which led to disintegration and took place from about 19 January 1990 to 31 December 1991.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1982%E2%80%9391)#cite_note-17" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1982%E2%80%9391)#cite_note-17" rel="nofollow">[17]</a> The process was characterized by many of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union" rel="nofollow">republics of the Soviet Union</a> declaring their independence and being recognized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Soviet_states" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Soviet_states" rel="nofollow">as sovereign nation-states</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Above is from this:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1982%E2%80%9391)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1982%E2%80%9391)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1982–91)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So, I think your idea that the matryoshka was manufactured in the late 1980s or very early 1990s is probably right. Prior to Gorbachev, it seems to me that it would be far less likely that a manufacturer in the USSR would target English-speaking markets with their wares.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 179480, member: 33"]I think the Communist system and USSR still existed until late 1991, but were loosened and changed throughout Gorbachev's time as President. See the following quote from a Wikipedia article: [SIZE=5][B]Dissolution of the USSR[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1982%E2%80%9391)&action=edit§ion=8']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] Main article: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union']Dissolution of the Soviet Union[/URL] The [B]dissolution of the Soviet Union[/B] was a process of systematic [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse']disintegration[/URL], which occurred in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Soviet_Union']economy[/URL], social structure and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_Soviet_Union']political structure[/URL]. It resulted in the abolition of the Soviet Federal Government ("the Union center") and independence of the USSR's republics on 25 December 1991. The process was caused by a weakening of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_Soviet_Union']Soviet government[/URL], which led to disintegration and took place from about 19 January 1990 to 31 December 1991.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1982%E2%80%9391)#cite_note-17'][17][/URL] The process was characterized by many of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union']republics of the Soviet Union[/URL] declaring their independence and being recognized [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Soviet_states']as sovereign nation-states[/URL]. Above is from this: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1982%E2%80%9391)']https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1982–91)[/URL] So, I think your idea that the matryoshka was manufactured in the late 1980s or very early 1990s is probably right. Prior to Gorbachev, it seems to me that it would be far less likely that a manufacturer in the USSR would target English-speaking markets with their wares.[/QUOTE]
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