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This is a rare example of English-language text that reflects Russian reality accurately. Cheers to whoever wrote it. As a child I loved descending into the me
by cousin_it 5y ago
This is a rare example of English-language text that reflects Russian reality accurately. Cheers to whoever wrote it.
As a child I loved descending into the metro. Meeting up with friends at Kropotkinskaya or Mayakovskaya, waiting for them to show up and just taking in the beauty. It was like an oasis. Then I went to study at the MSU, built in the same period and style, and loved it too.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoIf you wouldn't mind my asking, what was Soviet life like for you?
- cousin_it 5y agoI mostly grew up in post-Soviet times.
- dominotw 5y agoI really like this youtube channel by the guy who lived in soviet union. Talks about different aspects of soviet life https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClXTAMdHwvWdmFyOlQmEtpQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClXTAMdHwvWdmFyOlQmEtpQ It is so good.
- toyg 5y agoThis subthread is particularly nice as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/lz3rj1/why_did_the_ussr_build_such_grandiose_designs_and/gq199hc/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/lz3rj1/why_d...