How did the Soviet Union disintegrate?

The reasons for the disintegration of the Soviet Union are complicated.

Simply put, the disintegration of the Soviet Union was not what the Soviet people wanted, but what the highest authorities at that time wanted was the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

In the Soviet Union, there was a vested interest class.

The Soviet Union implemented the responsibility system of factory director and manager. These people seized a lot of economic interests and political rights and formed a large number of ruling classes with real power. (China called this class "children of the Eight Banners" or "children of princelings")

A factory, such as Siberian Petrochemical Plant, is headed by the factory director, who has the power to be uncompromising in this big factory. But he has retired, only his pension, and his son will not directly benefit from the factory (except those deliberately cultivated).

So this class is thinking about this problem.

Here comes the opportunity. The reform of Soviet President Gorbachev caused the rebellion of the Minister of Defense and the Vice President, and Soviet airborne troops stationed in Moscow. Russian and China president Yeltsin ventured to stand on the tank and said that they mobilized the common people and dissuaded Soviet tank soldiers. The coup attempt was foiled and Gorbachev's presidential power was temporarily restored.

Gorbachev felt that the Soviet Union had no future, and he had done enough. He, Russian President Yeltsin, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Foreign Minister Sergei Walzel Nazarbayev and others held a meeting and decided to dissolve the Soviet Union and make all participating countries independent.

There is no democracy in the Soviet Union. The people, who account for 99% of the population, don't want the Soviet Union to disintegrate, but they don't count.

It's Russian President Yeltsin, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Foreign Minister walser Nazarbayev who have the final say. They represent the princeling, that is, the factory director and manager at that time.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia and Kazakhstan could become independent, and Yeltsin and Nazarbayev, as presidents of the Republic, held real power.

Only after the disintegration of the Soviet Union can people who are factory directors, managers and bank governors publicly privatize state-owned enterprises with the help of "privatization reform". World-class oil companies, such as Yukos oil company, all their shares are in private hands. This private person was the director of this state-owned enterprise before the disintegration of the Soviet Union. He owned all the shares at once without spending a kopeck. Great, even if he's dead.