7.4/1053 votes#1 - Part One - 1985 to 1989
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2022
Perestroika. The dream of saving communism. But no-one believes in anything any longer. The managers loot the system. Soldiers return defeated in the war to liberate Afghanistan.
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7.6/1042 votes#2 - Part Two - 1989 to 1991
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2022
There are no potatoes in Moscow. Things get worse. Then they get much worse as the rational Communist plan runs out of control everywhere. But McDonald’s opens in Moscow.
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7.6/1038 votes#3 - Part Three - 1991
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2022
The empire strikes back. Hardliners attempt a coup. Power slips through their shaking hands. Oligarchs publish a manifesto. Money will replace all ideology. Yeltsin seizes power.
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7.7/1036 votes#4 - Part Four - 1992 to 1994
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2022
Russia goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Dream visions of Russia's imperial past start to rise up. People cannot afford food.
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7.8/1034 votes#5 - Part Five - 1993 to 1996
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2022
Russian society implodes. Millions of people fall into the abyss. Many live underground or in forests. The president attacks parliament with tanks saying he is saving democracy.
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7.7/1034 votes#6 - Part Six - 1994 to 1998
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2022
The group around the president believe a war in Chechnya will save him. Others want the war to restore the glory of the Russian empire. The Oligarchs seize control of practically everything. In the upside down world gangsters become heroes for defending democracy.
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7.5/1034 votes#7 - Part Seven - 1995 to 1999
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/2022
Suddenly the western bankers leave. Oligarchs take control and search for a new president to be their puppet. They choose Putin. Russians turn against “the curse of democracy".
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The Best Episodes of Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone Season 1
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What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.
Genres:DocumentaryWar & Politics
Network:BBC iPlayer
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Part One - 1985 to 1989" is the best rated episode of "Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/13/2022. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Part Two - 1989 to 1991".