The only slight memory I have of the Soviet Union was that I had a jigsaw of the world which had little pictures on it of whatever was grown there. The USSR was on the jigsaw with little oil wells and bread baskets and I can remember my Mum explaining that people in the USSR were struggling at the moment and runing out of power and food. [so Im guessing it was 1989\1990] She also said they had had a war in which theyd got rid of a king and had two sides who were White and Red.
For some unknown reason I can also remember the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 [aged 8] and my Dad being annoyed because he said he was the best chance for the peace process there.
the first thing I can remember seeing and understanding was probably Dunblane when I was around nine, all the mothers outside the schoolgates were crying and I knew that the parents and teachers were more scared and upset than the children and we had to try to be helpful.
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on 2010-03-21 11:56 pm (UTC)For some unknown reason I can also remember the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 [aged 8] and my Dad being annoyed because he said he was the best chance for the peace process there.
the first thing I can remember seeing and understanding was probably Dunblane when I was around nine, all the mothers outside the schoolgates were crying and I knew that the parents and teachers were more scared and upset than the children and we had to try to be helpful.