Getting up to speed for the annual USSR party: essentially diverse peoples, a lot of Slavs, vodka, and pictures of Lenin. It is an excuse for a get-together, and actually now that the old Sovyetski Soyuz is gone and is no more a "threat" to our sacred way of life, we all feel a tinge of regret for its passing, for it was indeed an enemy of strong and fine mettle, a worthy opponent. When we look at the amount of money we spend today to chase Abu Lihya ("father of the beard") from sand dune to mountain stronghold, those seem to be the good old days.
Of course, we spend a lot of time drinking vodka so we can all sing the Soviet anthem - in all versions. We even do the lyrics with Stalin's name and exploits. Which is possibly why Russians began to drink so much vodka; it is hard to sing of Comrade Stalin without being quite drunk.
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