TY - GEN A1 - Franzke, Jochen T1 - Imperium unter dem roten Banner : Überlegungen zum Ende der Sowjetunion T1 - Empire under the red banner : some considerations N2 - The existence of the Soviet Union was a remarkable anomalie in the history of the 20th century, which was also characterized by the collapse of multinational and colonial empires. Starting with the structural definitions of empires, the author describes the particularities of the Soviet empire. He analyzes the order, ideology and culture of the Soviet Empire. Looking for the reasons of its collapse, he presents a genesis of the longterm and short-term reasons. He is focusing on the breakdown of the post-totalitarian Leviathan, the cultural decline, the renaissance of nationalism and of the imperial overstretching. Finally he asseses the role of the policy of Perestroika in the breakdown of the Soviet Empire in the beginning of the 1990s. Y1 - 2006 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-11050 ER -