‘The Soviet Union Helped Me More than Capitalism Ever Can’. Adventures in Daugavpils
3 min readDec 24, 2023
“I had a few months break, my health recovered. You could never do this in capitalism. But hey, times are changing,”
The lady pursed her lips, and pulled my finger, shaping the curvature of my nail. “Relax” she said, in broken English, before resuming to Russian. It was a small, dingy wooden building, slapstick posters…
