I believe if Gorbachev led a less intense campaign it would have been more successful. Trying to eradicate the production and sale of all alcohol caused a backlash from a lot of people, which led to them making alcohol illegally. Instead, Gorbachev should have moved at a slower pace starting by getting rid of alcohol in the work place and slowly increase the tax on alcohol.
The stereotype about Russians enjoying Vodka in the cold is interesting because I wonder how they typically stereotype Americans? “Gorbachev deciding that the party was over” was definitely a factor that caused alot of his popularity to be lost among the people of the Soviet Union.
Good hook with your introduction about how that individual specifically reacted to aids. Its wild to think that people who were diagnosed with this disease were labeled as outcasts. I try to imagine what it would be like to live in a society like that and I can’t imagine it. Has this outcast idea about Aids remained in soviet culture to modern day and how so?
So cool to see that the people united under the idea of song to combat the aggressive Soviet government. Its unfortunate to see how those peaceful protests quickly became violent after fire was opened up on them. How are there tensions between these co…
Putting this post into perspective by comparing the Gopnik’s to White trash or Rednecks is a good way to make this post more interesting, especially because its how you introduce the post. It acted as an attention grabber for me which made me want to read through the post to see how these characters came into play in Soviet culture. Good post!
Its pretty cool how you write this post as if you were going through the adventure yourself. It’s a really cool perspective which makes readers imagine that they’re there going through Chernobyl with you. I wonder how similar this experience is to other people’s who also visit Chernobyl
