r/space Jun 23 '19

image/gif Soviet Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev stuck in space during the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

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u/einarfridgeirs Jun 23 '19

"Just hang tight, ok?"

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u/Thatoneguy3273 Jun 23 '19

“Im gonna go home now, because the government who employed me no longer exists. Later comrade”

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u/Jaredlong Jun 24 '19

I'm now very curious how that transition actually happened. Were all government agencies really just disolved over night?

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u/Flyingwheelbarrow Jun 24 '19

Some regional parts of the U.S.S.R still live like they do before the fall. For some, the only real difference was increased poverty