  
           I think that communism is based 
          on a such powerful thing - people and words ''Land for poor - 
          factory for workers'' are great. But communism was destroyed in our 
          country only some years ago.But it's still ''nervous'' in all region 
          of USSR and communism is the first reason. My father told me that communism 
          hadn't a fine thing of course. Lenin, Stalin, Hruchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev 
          were people who wanted to be great like Russia before communism and 
          January revolution. Principal words of communists were or really are 
          ''...all that you have belongs to our country..." that's why people 
          wanted communism only from it's positive side. So I decided to tell 
          that communism was ''unreal point'' in human history and I think that 
          it won't come back again. 
        Belousov Vladimir, school #40, form 
          10 "B" Taraz, Kazakhstan 
        People lived on the earth two thousand 
          years ago.Every generetions has in their life 
          good and bad minutes.People always do the world better owing to their 
          image.In 1850s people invented the first railway.In 1920s they invented 
          elephone 
          and planes.But in 1950-90s they invented all the things which they needed.It 
          was telephone, planes,TV,railway and so on.When I asked mother about 
          life in my country,when she was young,she told me about that.As the 
          other 
          people,who lived erlier in the Soviet Union,my mother compared our life 
          with the life "before" She said to me,that earlier she lived 
          very well, because she bought very cheap food,she received cheap medicine 
          services and also she received free education.When she was young,in 
          their country some groups of people organized only one Communist Party 
          of the Soviet Union. That Party decided peoples questions. Member 
          of the Party did all the things in order to help the people.That Communist 
          Party consisted of rich people, peasants and people,who worked on the 
          factorys. 
         
           
       
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        But my mother told me that in their time peole didn't have 
        gas and the doctor couldn't invent some medicines for serious illness.Today 
        (2001) we have all the conditions in order to 
        live in our world. We invented omputers, typerecords,different medicines.Today 
        some parts of people can buy a computer,but another part can buy only 
        bread and sweet for their children.It is very sad.All the adults compared 
        our life with the life "before" and they say:"when they 
        were young they lived very well." 
       Hignyac Vera, form10-B, School #40, 
        Taraz, Kazahstan. 
       
       When my mother was young, in 70s, 
        they, as teenagers in other time, shocked their parents.They used to wear 
        mini skirts, they used to use cosmetics, they used to wear trousers-clyosh, 
        and boys used to have long hair and girls short hair.Of course, they used 
        to go to discotecs, where they danced '' Shake''. In their time they went 
        to campaign and listend to ABBA, Beatles, Joe Dassin, Chilintano, 
        Vysotsky, '' Mashina of time'', and others. 
        There were pioneers and Komsomol organizations. All students went into 
        such organizations. They conducted meetings, where they decided school 
        problems. As 
        they were pioneers, they did '' Timur's '' work, that is they helped old 
        people-they tidied old people's house, took care of garden, went shopping. 
        My mother lived, when socialistic system existed. There were 
        communists, but they couldn't '' build '' communist system. 
        My mother said, their parents, our grandparents, had regular job and salary 
        (2 time per month-once it was advance and then salary). In that time education 
        was non-paying and there were 10 grades in school. People were sure in 
        theirs future. Those were pluses of this system. But there were minuses 
        too. For example, for businessmen there weren't conditions, their business 
        was considered as speculation. And one more minus was deficit of food. 
        Generally, my 
        parent's attitude to socialistic system is positive, because then it was 
        better, than now. 
      Chekushina Lena, School # 40, form 10'B' 
      Taraz, Kazakhstan. 
         
         
        
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