11-30-2006, 01:48 PM
I was there in February 1996 and I remember an old man trying to sell me a huge uniform collection. It consisted mainly of Brezhnev/Andropov/Gorby material, but the price was so low. I could not even imagine getting them home. Regrettably, I was on a tour and my time was limited. The market seemed large at the time and I was overwhelmed by my surroundings. The trip was great, but I had a difficult time convincing the guide to show us Soviet history sites. In 1996, they wanted to forget Soviet history as much as possible and they assumed incorrectly my fellow travellers felt the same way.












