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Ender WayToRussified Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 498 Location: Urals	Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:44 am    Post subject: matroskin wrote: Those people who posted that they miss USSR abviously did not live in USSR, at least not their conscious adult life. When USSR collapsed i was 12, but some of the stories that i have learned from history by hearing both my parents and doing my research is quite astounding. One thing i can say is that (most) of our parents did a wonderful job by shielding us as children from soviet realities that they had to deal with every day, starting from standing for 5 hours in the line for a kilogram of oranges in winter under -20C cold, to dealing with corrupted, humiliating system at their work place (my mom was a teacher, but it was common across all professions). Ask your mother. What does she feel about her job? How did it change? Is it better or worse or maybe just different - neither better nor worse? Is she still working as a teacher? You hadn't oranges on the market but you hadn't such bad criminal situation either, had you? Has system become less corrupt? matroskin wrote: I won't even mention what people had to live through in the 60's and 70's and earlier. Just read some history, there is plenty on the internet, in both Russian and English. When you read story don't forget to check who is the writer. matroskin wrote: Don't be fooled by the romanticism often portrayed in the soviet movies of the time. While these movies were (and are) great, they show brief moments of happiness that Russians occasionally got, when they could for a few hours forget about all the "wonders" of the USSR they had to deal with on a daily basis. For example? No, I really want to hear those horror stories about daily life in the USSR. Especially in comparsion with the current life. I'm only a couple years older than you. We lived in the same country, didn't we? P.S. I think our former president said very accurate thing about Soviet Union. You should know it. It is about heart and brains.
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