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The Most Important Supermarket Visit in History (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

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The Transformative Power of a Supermarket Visit

This chapter explores Boris Yeltsin's transformative 1989 supermarket visit in America, revealing his realization of the disparities between capitalism and communism. It emphasizes how this experience reshaped his views on the Soviet economy, ultimately influencing his role in post-Soviet Russia.

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