Tag #153837 - Interview #103396 (Zinaida Minevich )

We read a lot, including underground publications of Bulgakov8 and Solzhenitsyn9 that were forbidden by the Soviet censorship. We were interested in all world news. We listened to Western radios to hear the truth about Israel, trying to understand the real situation there. We often had gatherings with friends at home.  We celebrated birthdays and Soviet holidays.  We were discussing the latest news and shared our impressions about the books we read. We liked New Year celebrations. On the Soviet holidays we got together with friends to go out of town or just stayed at home.  My husband or I had never been members of the Communist Party. We went to parades, because it was mandatory to go there.  One might have problems for missing a demonstration (a reprimand at work or even dismissal).