Soviet Connections

[Sensitive]

Did any of you live in the Soviet Union or have relatives that lived there?

Some of my relatives (part of the ethnic German minority in Russia, which moved there about 400 years ago) lived in the USSR the whole time. Anyone else have a story like this?

[Dan Majerle]

My dad's friend lived during Stalin's reign and says that he was a great man and leader and during Stalin's reign there was always enough to eat and stuff but when Krushchev and all the others came queues were obvoius as was lack of food in stores and a harder life.

[Donut Master]

My best friend migrated here from Russia. By the time she left, the USSR was already near the end of it's days. But her parents lived there their whole lives.

My dad's friend lived during Stalin's reign and says that he was a great man and leader and during Stalin's reign there was always enough to eat and stuff but when Krushchev and all the others came queues were obvoius as was lack of food in stores and a harder life.

Well if this guy says Stalin was a great guy, it must be true! I mean, if he was really that bad, then all russians would have hated him, right? Just like all Americans hate Bush?