On Dec. 26, 1991, the Soviet Union officially ceased to exist. Its flag, with its famous hammer and sickle, was lowered outside the Kremlin at 7:32 p.m. Within a half-hour, the red, white and blue Russian flag had been raised in its place. For almost 70 years, the totalitarian Soviet Union had curtailed the free speech […]
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/21/why-do-so-many-people-miss-the-soviet-union/
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