Would the fall of the Soviet Union constitute a collapse of civilization

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Would the fall of the Soviet Union constitute a collapse of civilization comparable to the Bronze Age Catastrophe, Fall of Rome, and 16th century American pandemics? 1990s Russia seems absolutely hellish, compared to what existed before.

Immediately after the fall of the USSR, poverty rose from 20% to 40%. US department of commerce reports an average 60% drop in real income by 1995. In 1998, the organization Sibling Abuse Survivors discovered 5,000 child prostitutes in the city of St. Petersburg alone. While 1992 suffered over 20,000 murders, nearly 48,000 homicides were reported in 1994. The rate of all crime doubled between 1985 and 1992.