Soviet Union, Anyone?

As shown in the handout you gave us in class. The book Watchmen is loaded to the brim with outside references which are essential to the full understanding of the themes in which the book brings forth. Personally, after some thought,  I feel that writing an essay on what was going on in Russia in the real world during the 80s would be rather interesting. The book changes a lot of American history, however, it does not appear to change much of what is happening in Russia during this time period (Afghanistan, etc). As a result, I feel it would be very interesting to research and learn more about what was going on in the "other" side of the cold war. Not only would this enhance our understanding of the Cold War but it would also help us understand what the numerous Soviet Union references Moore makes mean. Sure we all have a basic understanding of what was going on during the 80s in the Soviet Union, however, seeing how we have only looked at the Soviet Union through an American lens in US history it would definitely be an interesting topic to study.