tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post6933584328280087833..comments2024-03-15T21:43:52.652-05:00Comments on City in the Trees: Moscow On the HudsonLone Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746801663695992138noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-13466751872643973522004-09-02T02:26:13.000-05:002004-09-02T02:26:13.000-05:00I Always Laugh!I always laugh when I hear the stor...I Always Laugh!<br>I always laugh when I hear the story of how Uzbekistan got news of the USSR collaps... Apparently, the story goes that one day, the local head of the communist party woke up and found a fax on his desk stating someting like: <br>From: PolitBureau, Moskva<br>Your on your own! Good luck! (Or the russion equivalent!)<br>----------<br>Apparently Uzbekistan was not a very high priority in the USSR stable and since they did not have any Nukes, any major Military installatons or any other expensive things that needed to be negociated/split, the new Russian governement just let them go... no more than that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com