 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Simba guru reupfumi hweSoviet raiva kugovera kwayo kukuru kwemafuta negasi, izvo zvakava zvinokosha zvikuru sezvinotengeswa kunze kwenyika pashure pokunge mutengo wepasi rose wemafuta wakwira zvikuru muma1970. Seizvo Daniel Yergin anocherekedza, upfumi hweSoviet mumakumi amakore ahwo okupedzisira hwakanga hwakavakirwa zvikuru pazvinhu zvakasikwa zvikuru - zvikurukuru mafuta negasi. Mitengo yenyika yose yamafuta yakawa muna 1986, ichidzvinyirira zvikuru upfumi hwenyika. Pashure pokunge Mikhail Gorbachev asvika musimba muna 1985, akatanga muitiro wokusunungura zvoupfumi kupfurikidza nokuparadzanisa upfumi hwekuraira nokuenda kunzvimbo ine upfumi hwakasanganiswa. Pakuparadzwa kwayo pakupera kwa1991, Soviet Union yakabereka Russian Federation ine chikwereti chokunze chinokura chamadhora mabhiriyoni 66 uye ine mabhiriyoni mashomanene bedzi emadhora mugoridhe rakachena nemari yokumwe. 