Editing The Collapse of The Soviet Union (section)

== Part of the Geulah Process ==
During the years 5750-5752 (1990-1992), the Rebbe referred to the dissolution of the Soviet Union as part of the Geulah process.

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 Rebbeim in Lubavitch and the gravesite of the Rebbe's father in Alma Ata. In his Shabbos Parshas Va'eschanan talk, the Rebbe addressed this and said:<blockquote>"Including also the 'wonder' that is happening in these very days: the 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 the Previous Rebbe, the Nasi of our generation (and similarly regarding the activities of the baal hahilula of the tenth of Av) in spreading Torah and the wellsprings outward, is now '''hosting and honoring''' his students and shluchim and those who follow his ways and paths in spreading Torah and the wellsprings outward—

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

The Rebbe referred to the departure of Russian Jews and their aliyah to Eretz Yisroel as a foretaste of the Geulah prophecy of the ingathering of exiles.