Vitaliy wrote:

> "People that express happiness over the end of the Soviet Union are
> unaware of the achievements of the Soviet Union and that these
> achievements will not continue in the bankruptcy and chaos of the new
> Russia or the post-Cold War world." 
> 
> Not to start a flame war or anything... but one should not forget the
> cost of these achievements, and ask oneself: "were they worth it?"

Probably not (but that's in the realm of non-fact, and therefore I stop
here :).  But I think there are two separate issues: one is that these
achievements will not continue to be achieved in the way they did before,
and in some respects that's a good thing. 

But I guess it's a sad thing that so many achievements that already have
been achieved are getting lost. OTOH that's IMO not a result so much of the
chaos of the post-Cold War world but of the extreme high mortgage the Cold
War USSR took out on the country. That's what they are paying now, and
while sad, it was and is probably inevitable.

BTW, I'm not sure how someone can call the post-Cold War world more chaotic
than the Cold War world. I think you'd have to have lived far, far away
from the Iron Curtain to be able to see it that way.

Gerhard

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