August 2, 2005
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Y'all are accustomed to hearing about Dmitry's and my trips to what we
refer to as "The Russia Store," which is actually known as Taste of
Europe, on Pioneer Parkway in Arlington. They've been through a
renovation and while checking out their website - which is obviously a
work in progress, which is why I haven't provided the link - did find
this photo:
Yessir, if it's a little bit o' Russia you want, here's your place.
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I thought they ditched the hammer and sickle a while back? Please tell me there aren't Russian immigrants in the Metroplex with nostalgia for that evil thing.
Jane, I hate to break this to you but the majority of Russians believe the breakup of the Soviet Union was a colossol mistake. They don't have negative feelings about the hammer and sickle at all. It's been officially ditched as their flag, but it's still very common on Russian merchandise.
The USSR is now looked upon as the glory days, regrettably.
Well, think about it....the economy, never what you'd call robust, took a steep nosedive after the USSR dissolved. Alcoholism has skyrocketed, filling the orphanages to bursting point, as parents - often single mothers, such as Dmitry's - neglect their children. And while they tended to be rather badly off under the USSR, it was most everybody being badly off together, and at least the country was a world power. Now there are rich people who flaunt goodies most people can't buy, and they're aware Russia isn't the world power the USSR was.
Plus they point out something like Beslan and the Moscow subway attacks never happened back then.
So they don't consider the change to have been for the best.
Well, yeah, I knew that in Russia the feelings ran that way, but I thought that the people who had the sense to leave might have felt differently.
"Plus they point out something like Beslan and the Moscow subway attacks never happened back then."
Yeah, just Stalin.
I know, I know, I'm not arguing with you.
I suppose it depends upon why they left Russia. Dmitry would have far preferred to stay, only leaving because that's where the family who adopted him lives. He didn't WANT to leave Russia, and used to attempt to get Don to find a job in Cheboksary so we could all move there.
We don't hear much about that any longer. ;^)
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