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Gedeon Lichfield's 'Back In The USSR'

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It has been twenty-five years since the Soviet Union collapsed. Some people claim that the fall of the USSR is the best thing that could ever happen and some people think that it was a fatal disaster, but they all have to accept the fact that USSR is now only a part of our past, not as distant past to be forgotten because we still face the consequences of the Soviet Union disintegration such as instability, unemployment, and neglecting of intellectuals. The first consequence of the USSR catastrophe is really paradoxical. According to the article ‘Back in the USSR ' by Gedeon Lichfield, the results of a survey that was made by the US polling company Pew Research Center show that 55% of Russian population agree with the statement that it
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