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Boris Yeltsin Died

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4/23/07 at 8:27am
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post #2 of 8
4/23/07 at 8:52am
Heard that on the news this morning. At least, he won't need embalming - he's been pickled for years.
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post #3 of 8
4/23/07 at 9:14am
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Originally Posted by katl8e View Post
Heard that on the news this morning. At least, he won't need embalming - he's been pickled for years.
Oh Cindy - I couldn't help but laugh!

Yeltsin will be remembered well in the West and as the cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union by the Russians.

Laurie
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post #4 of 8
4/23/07 at 9:27am
I'm young enough I didn't know a whole lot about him until I read that article. Now all I can think is "Good riddance!" Did he do anything truly useful?
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post #5 of 8
4/23/07 at 10:05am
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I'm young enough I didn't know a whole lot about him until I read that article. Now all I can think is "Good riddance!" Did he do anything truly useful?
A Communist Soviet Union might still be in existence without him, instead of democratic members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (or the EU, as the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia now belong to that).
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post #6 of 8
4/23/07 at 10:58am
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A Communist Soviet Union might still be in existence without him, instead of democratic members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (or the EU, as the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia now belong to that).
Ahhh.....I was confused on that part! So he did do something useful.
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post #7 of 8
4/23/07 at 9:45pm
I don't know if I'm thinking of the same event but one of my best friends is a Marine and was stationed over there in Moscow as an embassy guard when the coup took place.
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post #8 of 8
4/24/07 at 9:04am
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I was taking a tour of the Kremlin when he was the boss. It was pointed out to us all the nuclear weapons they had pointed directly at the U.S. and other places. The guide also showed us the rooms with the buttons that would launch the missles. It was also pointed out that Boris had his quarters in this same building.

Somebody then asked, how far away is Boris' quarters from those buttons?

The guide looked at the person who asked the question and smiled and said:

Oh, about a bottle of vodka away.

I swear this is 100% true.
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