Russia reflected
The realities of cultural transformation since the fall of the Berlin Wall
Posted: November 8, 2009 at 3:37 a.m.
When the Berlin Wall was torn down and a new beginning was about to unfold across Europe, Russia was completely unprepared for the changes that appeared to many in the West to be the natural result of the love of freedom and a widespread desire to throw off the repressive, criminal, monstrous legacy of Soviet communism.
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Perspective, Pages 71 on 11/08/2009
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