I can guarantee you that eastern Europe during cold war, or any other heavily oppressed / enslaved region by russia/CCCP never experienced anything from world c

I can guarantee you that eastern Europe during cold war, or any other heavily oppressed / enslaved region by russia/CCCP never experienced anything from world cuisine, curries including. Even travelling within ruskies sphere of influence was forbidden for most population, you had to 'earn' it as viewed by regime. Sure, we had 'curry' mix in shops, exactly 1 same mixture, but nobody apart from few lucky mountaineers and diplomats had any clue what curry actually means. And taste of it had nothing to do with anything that can be eaten in Indian subcontinent, just yellow bland bleh.