After the USSR, Finland was a cultural shock! Probably exaggerated intentionally to underline the differences between the East and the West.
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USSR and beyond, 1977: The East
A guest post by my father, Aleksandar: "In 1974, I returned home to Yugoslavia from my life-changing trip to India. When all the excitement and stories settled, my father Slobodan started behaving very strangely."