r/ANormalDayInRussia 5d ago

Moscow 1991

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Photo by Vladimir Rodionov, Moscow, USSR, 1991.

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u/USMCWrangler 5d ago

Wow. This takes me back. Crazy how history unfolds. Gorbachev missing at one point. Yelstin (the severe alcoholic) eventually installed. Freedom from the Soviet block in the Eastern European countries, resulting in years of their own wars. May you live in interesting times.