26 Years On

From the MT:

"Majority of Russians Regret Soviet Collapse, Poll Says"

The number of Russians who regret the collapse of the Soviet Union is the highest in nearly a decade, according to an independent Levada Center poll published Monday. In polls taken since 1992, an average two-thirds of respondents said they lamented the collapse of the USSR, peaking at 75 percent in 2000 and dipping to 49 percent in 2012.  The 58 percent of respondents who said they were upset about the fall of Communism in the latest poll made up the highest figure since 2009, according to the pollster.  The majority of those who were unhappy with the collapse of the USSR said they missed a unified economic system. They were followed by respondents who said that people "lost the feeling that they belonged to a great power.” Others cited a rise in “mutual distrust and bitterness." Broken down demographically, nostalgia towards the Soviet Union is most likely to be expressed by older respondents. Only 20 percent of people in the 18-24 age group said they expressed regret about the breakup of the USSR, while 42 percent said they didn’t. In the 25-34 age group, there was parity, while groups aged 35-54 and 55 or older had the highest number of respondents who said they felt regret. The survey was carried out between Nov. 24-Nov. 28 among 1,600 people in 48 Russian regions.

^ Today is the 26th anniversary of the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It is also the day the US won the Cold War and became the only Super Power in the world - which it still maintains to this today despite some issues. Of course Russians would want a return to Soviet times when they were a Super Power  - even though they were repressed internally and had to deal with a lack of basic supplies (something the US didn't have to do.) Communism has never worked in practice and I do not believe it will ever work. Even the Communist countries of today (Cuba, China, Vietnam and Laos) have had to adapt Capitalist practices to survive in the 21st Century. North Korea hasn't, but they don't seem to care if their citizens suffer and starve as long as they can build rockets. ^

https://themoscowtimes.com/news/majority-of-russians-regret-soviet-collapse-poll-says-60039