http://blog.chron.com/thetexican/2014/0 ... lear-lake/It was September 16, 1989 and Yeltsin, then newly elected to the new Soviet parliament and the Supreme Soviet, had just visited Johnson Space Center.
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Yeltsin, then 58, “roamed the aisles of Randall’s (Grocery Store) nodding his head in amazement,” wrote Asin. He told his fellow Russians in his entourage that if their people, who often must wait in line for most goods, saw the conditions of U.S. supermarkets, “there would be a revolution.”
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In Yeltsin’s own autobiography, he wrote about the experience at Randall’s, which shattered his view of communism, according to pundits. Two years later, he left the Communist Party and began making reforms to turn the economic tide in Russia.
When Yeltsin Visited Texas
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When Yeltsin Visited Texas
A little diversion from the Putin thread (because if Russians are so smart, why does their country suck so hard?)
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Re: When Yeltsin Visited Texas
If only we could send Democrats to North Korea or Cuba...
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Re: When Yeltsin Visited Texas
They'd just find a way to blame their condition on us.