In the Soviet Union, buying a garage right next to your home was the ultimate symbol of success. But my buddies and I had no idea that beneath a la…

In the Soviet Union, I finally received the small piece of land I had been waiting years for. To most people it was just six overgrown acres, but t…

In the Soviet Union, trading black-market Levi's jeans could easily get you into serious trouble with the authorities. I was always a law-abiding f…

In the Soviet Union, achieving the sixth qualification grade as a factory lathe operator was considered a remarkable accomplishment. For ten years,…

In the Soviet Union, during the late 1980s, store shelves were often empty, except for a strange frozen seafood product called Ocean paste, made fr…