The era of stagnation remains a largely unknown, unexplored and even mysterious part of our history. The time of construction of new cities, development of the military industry, and space exploration was not the best foundation for the future economic development of the country. In the new book of the series “Our 20th Century. How it was?" historian Armen Gasparyan, political scientist Dmitry Kulikov and Vesti FM radio host Gia Saralidze discuss why the USSR abandoned the geopolitical confrontation.• Did the Soviet Union lose the ideological war?• How did the Cold War differ from the modern confrontation between Russia and the USA?• The era of stagnation is the highest point development of the USSR or “the calm before the storm”? Read about this and much more in the book “The Age of Stagnation. How was it?”