3 ms·American embargoesby marnett 8y agoAmerican embargoesacchow 8y agoThis ignores the Soviet Union and all of it's allies, which did trade amongst themselves but failed regardless.marnett 8y agoI had mostly cuba in mind with this commentericd 8y agoFrom what I understand, life in the Soviet Union itself wasn't exactly luxurious, even if you weren't one of the unlucky people to be put in a Siberian labor camp.