European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ivan Bozhinov 23, will see the United states this summer. Polina Belikova 19, says communism should be scrapped. Olga Shu Sharina 19, has High Praise for the United states. Fjodor Ogarkow 19, like Many students Speaks English Well. Amps admiration for America above Victoria Golubeva a Leningrad University student is the Girlfriend of the Young Man who invited the visiting americans to his Home. At left two women chatting in the University s run Down courtyard. By Norm Zeigler travel outdoor writer the courtyard was Muddy the Trees not yet in Bloom. On a few benches and in sunny Corners students were gathered smoking flirting or holding Earnest discussions. Drifting across the courtyard from one of the ragged stucco dilapidated buildings came the Mournful voice of the King since my baby left me i be found a new place to dwell. It s Down at the end of lonely Street at Heartbreak  except for the fact that the buildings were Shabber it could have been a College Campus in new England or the Midwest. But this was Leningrad where Good Young communists Are supposed to be indoctrinated to Lead in the worldwide class struggle against Western imperialism. The Hope for True change in any society rests with the Young and the soviet Union is no exception. The Contact we had with Young people was the most fascinating aspect of visiting the soviet Union. In their Levis and Adidas soviet Young people look like their counterparts in san Diego Cleveland or Boston. They listen to american music Wear american fashions watch american movies. And these Days thanks to perestroika they have Little fear of speaking with foreigners. If you Are a Westerner they will often approach you to talk about the latest music to offer to help you get a concert ticket or just to practice their English. They Are critical of their country both its government and its economic system and disillusioned with its politicians. But from unemployed teen agers seeking to Trade jeans and to shirts on Moscow s arbat Street to students at Leningrad University the Young people we met were unabashedly pro Amer ii an. Many of them spoke excellent English. Without exc Eption they  they wanted to go to Ianeric a or  they hoped thru country would be like americ a someday. We met Andrei Adja Sov and Alexander i Keslov in a Park near the kirov Ballet in i Leningrad. I he two i year Olds students at the i Enin i Lee Krotec Hnit Al Institute were Hometown pals in Lykty Var a Small Ity some h Miles Northeast of Moscow. Even in the Distant reaches of the soviet Union s Komi autonomous Republic they said they dreamed dreams of America of Freedom of a people who smile very much and talk openly about their families and friends. It is the dream of any soviet of All my friends logo to the United states sometime Adja Sov said. Adja Sov was lukewarm about  Hev and the Ontic Uick on i Tift 10 May 31, 1990 stripes Magazine