Nick Neim's Stories

Tag: perestroika

  • FLASHES – Chapter 78 – The last year at home: life before leaving

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SEVENTY EIGHT – THE LAST YEAR AT HOME: LIFE BEFORE LEAVING The most surprising thing was the change in the rules of emigration. Previously, people moved out, literally broke out, anywhere (to Vienna, Rome) and then headed wherever they wanted, if they could. I really didn’t like the stories about the annual…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 76 – Latest Moscow sketches

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX – LATEST MOSCOW SKETCHES Sometimes we returned to the resident’s headquarter – our SRISI, although over time the role and importance of the central management decreased. Perhaps this was due to the development of democracy in the country, when the general, the party and hundreds of…