• Former Soviet Union,  General,  Voyager

    Growing Up in the USSR: 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Soviet Upbringing

    Did you ever wonder what it was like growing up in the Soviet Union behind the Iron Curtain? With the Cold War still on, I was growing up in Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic, one of 15 republics that made up a Soviet Union. It was a different reality that taught me and my peers a certain way of thinking and behaving. Today, I am going to take you on a virtual historic tour to my Soviet upbringing and share top 15 features of what it was like to grow up and live in the Soviet Union. So, imagine: 1. From a very young age, you are used to the fact…