Vladislav Zubok - Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science - in his book Collapse. The death of the Soviet Union" examines the causes and consequences of the collapse of the USSR, assesses the impact of this event on the course of world history and refutes established myths, the main of which is the myth of the inevitability of the collapse of the Union. "Collaps" is a detailed analysis of the events of 1983-1991, which was the result of many years of research by the author, communication with direct participants in events and researchers of this phenomenon, work with documents in the archives of the United States and Russia. It depicts the political and economic problems of the state, the intellectual helplessness and reluctance of the elite to act. All this clearly argues the idea of ​ ​ the author that the collapse of the Union was the direct result of counterproductive reforms that accelerated the arrival of republics to independence.