Twenty five years ago, hope was in the air. The Berlin Wall had fallen and Germany, divided since the end of the second world war, had reunified. Mikhail Gorbachev was leading the 15 republics of the Soviet Union towards a loosening of ties that would soon result in their independence — after the drama of a failed coup in the summer of 1991 by hardliners trying to stand in the way of the winds of change.
25年前，世界充满希望。柏林墙倒了，自二战后便分裂的德国重归统一。在米哈伊尔•戈尔巴乔夫(Mikhail Gorbachev)的带领下，苏联(Soviet Union)15个加盟共和国正向着关系松散的方向迈进，结果不久就纷纷独立——期间还穿插了一出政变风波，1991年夏，强硬派发动政变，企图阻拦变革之风，最终未遂。
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