The Cosmonaut Stranded in Space as the USSR Collapsed | Sergei Krikalev

Sergei Krikalev, the last Soviet citizen May 1991. You launch to the Mir space station as a Soviet cosmonaut, for a five-month stay. Then a coup shakes Moscow, the seat meant for your replacement is given away, and on December 25th the red flag comes down over the Kremlin. You are 250 miles up, flying over a country that no longer exists. This is the true story of Sergei Krikalev, "the last citizen of the Soviet Union" — 311 days in orbit, told in second person. 0:00 Cold open 0:27 Part 1 · Liftoff (May 18, 1991) 1:56 Part 2 · The Tower (Summer 1991) 2:54 Part 3 · The Coup (August 19, 1991) 3:48 Part 4 · The Swap (October 1991) 4:44 Part 5 · The Flag Comes Down (December 25, 1991) 6:29 Part 6 · Home (February – March 1992) 7:40 Closing Sources: Wikipedia (Sergei Krikalev; Soyuz TM-12, TM-13, TM-14; List of Mir spacewalks), Discover Magazine "The Last Soviet Citizen", Amusing Planet, Inverse, BBC Witness History "The woman who spoke to the space station". #history #space #ussr #mir #cosmonaut #sovietunion #youareherehistory