communard resolution
1st June 2008, 15:24
The standard of living in the Soviet Union was a lot better than in some other Eastern Block countries such as Poland. My Polish father would say "because we were a USSR satellite and they exploited us like a colony. They had it better at our expense."
I suppose that was the popular opinion in Poland and other Warsaw Pact countries at the time. To what extent is this true? How else do you explain the economic differences between the USSR and other Eastern Block communist countries?
I suppose that was the popular opinion in Poland and other Warsaw Pact countries at the time. To what extent is this true? How else do you explain the economic differences between the USSR and other Eastern Block communist countries?