What is a short-summary of Part II of the book, Imperium?

Part II, From a Bird's Eye View (1989-1991), is by far the largest part of the book with twelve chapters. In Chapter 4, 'The Third Rome' Kapuscinski describes the weakening power of the Soviet government in 1989 and his visit to Moscow. Chapter 5, 'The Temple and the Palace' describes the building of The Temple of Christ the Savior and Stalin's destruction of it. Chapter 6, 'We Look, We Cry' focuses primarily on the history of the Armenian people, its domination by the Soviets and rising nationalist sentiment in the face of Soviet collapse. Subsequent chapters cover other Soviet republics, peoples and cities including Vorkuta, the Bashkirs, Kolyma, Azerbaijan and Drohobych.