It became a playground of the Soviet empire, a source of wine, culture and entertainment.

它成为了苏联帝国的操练场，一个葡萄酒、文化以及娱乐的来源地。

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The Russian empire continues, though it continues under a very different way with what became the Soviet empire.

但俄帝国仍延续着，虽然是以一种，极其不同的方式，它成为了苏维埃帝国。

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The paradox was that the intelligentsia’s triumph-which led to the collapse of the Soviet empire-was also the beginning of its end.

讽刺的是，苏联知识分子的荣耀之日–此后它导致了苏联的瓦解–也是他们的终结之时。

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So his policies of perestroika, restructuring, and then glasnost,or openness, speeded up the disintegration of the Soviet empire,".

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The Russian empire continues, though it continues under a very different way with what became the Soviet empire.

但俄帝国仍延续着,虽然是以一种,极其不同的方式,它成为了苏维埃帝国

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