Andropov’s death absolutely sped up the decline of the USSR, even if only by delaying any possible reforms.

Andropov’s death… delayed possible reforms.

Are you being fucking serious right now?

Then Chernenko dying immediately after meant Gorbachev was dealing with an overcentralized bureaucracy that was absolutely reeling, instead of one slowly bleeding from a death by a thousand cuts.

Reeling from what?

Gorbachev’s attempts to reform were decades too late by all accounts, so I think they’re making a pretty straightforward interpretation of what’s fairly accepted about the dissolution of the USSR.

“Truth is, soviet union broke due to 3 decades of revisionism they went into after death of stalin”

Yes, sounds very much like an individual who thinks that the issue was that reform wasn’t started soon enough.

Do you ever pass up a chance to bootlick for tankies? It’s all you ever seem to do. Red boot leather must be especially delicious.