tl;dr: the Soviet state didn't collapse in the manner of a zombie apocalypse or environmental catastrophe, it collapsed politically; there was continuity in com

tl;dr: the Soviet state didn't collapse in the manner of a zombie apocalypse or environmental catastrophe, it collapsed politically; there was continuity in command / control until the weapons were all moved back physically into Russia. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/16mab9x/when_the_ussr_collapsed_how_did_russia_end_up/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/16mab9x/when...