European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A apph05 l mag up in Moscow it an Agency for ordering cars Chase Lor status symbols is a National preoccupation. I-,i9p0bout it Slahn Eta is la be published next Spring . You must Gnu Erslund hat our great enormous -4arid has been shaped a certain Way and change cannot Bike place f rapidly " this soviet Trail is filed a1 a National strength Palie Itce in the Latu of adversity the Abs Lusty to survive thu worst of Lineu and to t j grateful fur Small improvement Ilio legendary tolerance Lor suffering Jund deprivation the dissident Yuri p Orlov abruptly liberated after r june years of Tiona Camps and siberian . Was curiously devoid of bitterness and sloppily us to hew Loew Yolk to have Efferent Cylesia of what s jtflfjeull.1 tie explained. We have Grolier endurance " St bleed from the daily cases cacophonous television Pierce compel aliveness and the othe unrelenting stimuli of Western life russians have managed to remained an unspoiled and curious people capable of taking Delight in an afternoon stroll and grateful for any cultural experience a new generation of Urban adolescents is reaching maturity quicker Lopick up Western trends much loss fearful of authority and More spotted by parents who had hoped to shield their offspring increasingly an Only child rom the hardships of their own youth. Yet their parents too have developed a new Lasto for High living and Tho Chase for status symbols like video recorders Cara and Western clothes has become a National preoccupation. Critic in Rural Russia Village remain mixed in backwardness Ami a Pathiy. Old guard cold warriors still fulminate in the press about Tho Nood to restore discipline darkly depicting the new tads and trends As ideological diversions planted by Woshlo Foica from the wes1. A hero arc those who nostalgically invoke a real 01 imagined past or purer morals and higher ideals Wilh every year Iho soviet Victory in world War ii known As the real patriotic War grows in legend and lore As the High Point of soviet history when the people arose in glorious Unity to oust Iho fascist invader. Alexander German s Brilliant film about Tho Early 1930s, my Friend Ivan la Shin shot in Tho Sophat to do with Moat and milk he said. We were awash in butter today there is nothing. To have forgotten How to  Gorbachev has demonstrated a keen a Aroniss of the problems of his country and he has acknowledged them to a degree none of his predecessors dared. Yel it seems difficult living in Itie soviet Union to find a widespread sharing of his sense of crisis of impending Thunder. If the postwar years have brought new problems and yearnings they have also brought a rare peace and a steady improvement in co Lorl to people who had known Little but turmoil and tragedy living standards in the soviet Union May soom Primitivo loan american but most russians remember far Worso. The seamy communal apartments in which so Many Middle aged russians grew up Are lading Inlo history food supplies medical care and other services Are inadequate by Western criteria but Many have Learned 1o Cope and some to live downright Well by using the elaborate second Economy of Black Markel goods and services russians ma1/grumble about the lines and the battered cabbage they May yearn Lor Blue jeans and video recorders they May Wory about their children and bemoan their lost innocence but ultimately Thuy need not worry about tomorrow As Long As there is no Thunder Gorbachev will find it hard to make Iho Nuzia Cross himself. 4.1b37 the stars and stripes Page 15