Upon graduation, he spent two years in the Soviet military. Little is known of his Soviet military record, other than he served as a "fireman".(9) He intended to become a policeman but could not get into law school and so worked in agriculture.10 By the time he finished school (1990), the first cracks were beginning to appear within the Soviet Union. The Berlin Wall had fallen and the national republics of the USSR were beginning to clamor for a greater degree of independence. Glasnost permitted the publication of many of the previously repressed histories. Non-Russians were at last permitted to read uncensored accounts of how they lived before being subjugated by Russian and Soviet power. Ethnic and nationalist symbols of pride were rediscovered.(11) Freedom was in the air, and its scent invigorated these formerly repressed peoples and ethnic groups.This is what the thread says. I don't see a link posted about the paratrooper training.
Everyone was in the soviet military, remember. It was not like it was anything special. :-)
And I apologize for misspelling your nick MarMema. I think it's time for bed. :)
LBT
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