We all understand that the western world was over the moon at the collapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold War. But how did the rest of the Communist world react? How did Cuba, China, Vietnam, North Korea and Yugoslavia feel about it? Find out by watching this short and simple animated documentary. https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: Arthur Hosey Jr. Franco La Bruna Kevin Sanders sharpie660 Richard Wolfe anon Ian Jensen Stefan Møller D. Mahlik Dragan Wold, Sir Alpaka Dexter_McAaron Qi_Xiao Ariadni Voulgari Andrew Niedbala Chris Fatta Rod D. Martin Paul McGee Nathan Perlman John Garcia Bernardo Santos Jane Sumpter Chris Hall Henry Rabung Joooooshhhhh Perry Gagne Tristan Kreller Christopher S Nelson Christopher Godfrey James Bisonette Fan #1 Warren Rudkin Danny Anstess Alen Shaun Pullin I’m Not In The Description bas mensink Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Troy Schmidt Blake Dryad Liam Gilleece Cap jdk William Wold Mark Ploegstra Jeffrey Schneider Kinfe85 Luke Robinson Haydn Noble Josh Cornelius TooMuchWaterYouDie Colm Boyle MrPalomino HelloAgainThere Colin Steele Konstantin Bredyuk Gabriel Lunde Big Nick Richard Manklow Donald Weaver Nick Finan João Santos Steve Bonds Pierre Le Mouel Christine Purvis Seth Reeves Andrew Miraut Sources: Nationalism and the Collapse of Soviet Communism by Mark R. Beissinger THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM IN THE USSR AND EASTERN EUROPE AND ITS IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA AND NORTH KOREA by VERNON V. ASPATURIAN VIETNAM 1991: Still in Transition by Frank C.H. Huynh CUBA AND THE COLLAPSE OF WORLD SOCIALISM IN THE 1990s by Anton L. Allahar The Chinese Communist Party and the Collapse of Soviet Communism by John W. Garver