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Lessons from the Soviet Union and the Flight to Safety | Simon Mikhailovich

Hidden Forces

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Was It a Preposterous Idea?

There was no idea on the part of us, or anybody whom we saw there, my school friends, or relatives that were still there, that the collapse of the soviet union was possible. Was a preposterous idea. All you need to do to understand how preposterous an idea that was is to look up the opening stanza of thesoviet national anthem,. forever, unshakable, unbreakable, mighty, forever. That's it, forever.

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