Does anyone here know of any accounts - comprehensible to a general reader - of the lives of ordinary people in the Soviet satellite states during the collapse of the Soviet Union?
I'm less interested in the separate countries eg GDR, CSSR, Poland, Romania etc, and more in the Soviet states eg Georgia, Moldova, Belarus etc.
My curiosity is to understand how ordinary lives felt, and changed, during the collapse of a seemingly endless political and financial system, and perhaps to read how people adapted (if at all).
Boosts welcome.
This isn't a book, but Adam Curtis' "Trauma Zone" set of documentaries is remarkable about the whole era. And remarkable as a piece of work as a whole.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_1985%E2%80%931999:_TraumaZone
@botvolution That might be exactly what I'm looking for - Many Thanks. I'll try to watch it as soon as I'm able.