The Soviet Union's hammer and sickle flag was lowered from atop the Kremlin for the last time on the eve of the New Year in 1991.

But was everyone happy about that? Were the masses happy?

Here's what former soviet citizens have to say about it.

Show this video to an anti-communist boomer who thinks everyone who lived under socialism was trying to escape.

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