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WWKD: What Would Kirkorov Do?

March 16th, 2007 · No Comments · Missing the USSR

As some of our most loyal readers might have noticed, “Sovok of the Week”’s staff’s favorite summer destination for the longest time has been Bulgaria. With its affordable accommodations, abundance of cheap wines, and the uncanny aura of the post-socialism reality, Bulgaria presented a winsome alternative to Florida. That is, until now.

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I dream of the USSR …

February 16th, 2007 · No Comments · Missing the USSR

Every once in a while I lie awake in my trailer in Ypsilanti, Michigan, dreaming of the Soviet Union. That USSR is no longer around,
but I can’t shake off the feeling that I really would not
mind driving a Lada 07, living in a tiny apartment with hot water shut off
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