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I've been born in USSR, never been to Artek and visited a foreign country many years after USSR collapsed, and I was happy in my country. 'Democratic' Russia of 90's and half of 00'' was much, much worse in every possible way.

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There tends to be a lot of negativity when discussing the USSR - there is an implicit selection bias here; in a US-centric forum, you are much more likely to encounter expats, and their stories will not generally be happy ones: in the end, something caused them to leave.

So it's good to see some contrasting views. Tell us about your life!

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Pretty sure there are people who are actually happy there. Not that they can join HN for discussion though.

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