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8. Well, I have actually been to the USSR

In the mid-'80s my grandmother joined a peace group which had a sister town in the USSR and they needed 17 to make the trip so my grandmother volunteered me. I had been overseas before but the thought of going to the USSR obviously freaked me out. I knew that Khrushchev wanted to "bury us."

But I couldn't say no to my Nana and I went even though I was nervous wreck. I had a full blown panic attack on the first leg of the trip, from JFK to Helsinki. I really recommend Finnair, the flight attendants took care of me.

But it really did turn out to be the trip of a lifetime, I loved the other members of the group, almost all senior citizens, experienced travelers, dedicated to peace and decades older than I was at the time. And we were lucky at the time since this was under Gorbachev who who had instituted more progressive policies. We met with other dedicated peace groups and even people on the street that we met were pleased to meet Americans.

My point is that we were supposed to go to Kiev, but Chernobyl happened so we went to what was then-Soviet Georgia instead. And since they were occupied, they had no love for the Russians. And I was puzzled to see numerous statues of Stalin all over which confused me since I thought he was "out of favor" at the time, so I asked. And I was told that Stalin was Georgian, not Russian, and he was held in esteem in Georgia "since he killed so many Russians."