Editing Soviet Union (section)

==== The Rebbe's References to the Topic ====
Many times during the years 5750, 5751, and 5752 (1990-1992), the Rebbe referred to the overthrow of the Soviet Union as a redemptive process, accomplished through the power of the Rebbe Rayatz as the Moshiach of the generation.

In the month of Menachem Av, a convention of shluchim from the Soviet Union countries was held in Moscow, during which they visited the gravesites of our Rebbes in Lubavitch and the Rebbe's father's gravesite in Alma Ata. In the Shabbos Parshas Va'eschanan talk, the Rebbe referred to this and said:<blockquote>Including also the "wonder" that is happening in these very days: a gathering of Anash and the shluchim in the country of Russia... this event is a matter of "wonders," that the same country that '''fought''' against the activities of my father-in-law, the Rebbe, the leader of our generation (and similarly regarding the activities of the Baal Hilula of the tenth of Av) in spreading Torah and the wellsprings outward, is now '''hosting and honoring''' his students and emissaries and those who follow his ways and paths in spreading Torah and the wellsprings outward -

These "wonders" (which have already been seen in actuality) awaken and emphasize that immediately we will see the greatest wonder - the true and complete Redemption about which it is said "As in the days of your exodus from Egypt, I will show you wonders."</blockquote>In the month of Shevat 5752 (1992), the Soviet Union signed an agreement ending the Cold War with the United States and on reducing expenditures on weapons production. The Rebbe dedicated a special talk to this, explaining that the event is a taste of the prophecy "They shall beat their swords into plowshares," which will be fulfilled in the Redemption.

The Rebbe referred to the exodus of Russian Jews and their immigration to Israel as a taste of the Redemption's promise of the ingathering of exiles.