Re: TV: Padomju džinsi

On 2025-03-22, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:

I'd recommend the show on its own, although I personally never
experienced the Soviet Block, apart from a short trip to Moscow in
1989 as part of the entourage of a diplomatic mission--and what a
depressing experience that was.

Oh, and a school trip to Prague, ČSSR, in the same time frame.
Somewhat less depressing, although the locals' desperation to
exchange money at black market rates, any time, any place, has
stayed with me.  Language-wise, you could muddle through with German,
less so with English.  I think some students who had studied Russian
as second foreign language also tried that language--against advice
to the contrary--but I think they were merely ignored and nobody
was beaten up for it.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de