46. URSS - BAKU, AZERBAIJÃO E PRAIA


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Russia is one of the 15 Soviet republics
 
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Each republic has its own language and culture

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From Islamic tradition, Azerbaijan is the communists’ summer camp

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SUMMER IN AZERBAIJAN 

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Hello, dear Brazil spectators,

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once again with you, your reporter Ernesto Varela.

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After taking this plane in Moscow

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and flying across 2400 km,

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we’re now landing in the city of Baku,

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the capital of Azerbaijan,

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a republic down here in the Soviet Union’s map.

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How do we call someone who was born in Baku, huh, Waldecy?

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Bakunian or Bukunanian?

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Look! It’s such a coincidence,

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also disembarking with us,
 
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there’s Aliyev saying hi.

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He’s Soviet Union’s 2nd strongman in the government.
 
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He’s the president of the KGB!
 
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As you all know, the USSR,
 
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Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics,

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is not the same thing as Russia.
 
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Russia is just one of the 15 republics
 
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that form the Soviet Union.
 
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There in that mural we see, in the first place,
 
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Russia, then Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, 
 
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Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, where we are now,
 
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Lithuania, Moldova, Latvia, Kirgizstan, 
 
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Tajikistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan and Estonia. 

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The Soviet Republics form a big country,

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almost three times the size of Brazil.

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There are 12 time zones and, nevertheless, 
 
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some images repeat through this hugeness. 
 
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Azerbaijan is the Soviet Union’s number 2
 
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oil producer – only behind Siberia.

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8.5 million of Azerbaijanis live here

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most of them are Arab and Persian 

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descendants, of all of those people that

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live in the Middle East.
 
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This place is called the “Fire Temple”.
 
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In this place, the ancient people,

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not knowing what oil was,
 
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used to worship fire as a god.

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This is a temple dedicated to the fire cult.

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Believe it or not,
 
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Baku is a touristic city, a summer camp city.

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It’s like Guarujá, to the Paulistas, or Cabo Frio,

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to the Cariocas. 

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These are images of the promenade that meanders

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by Baku’s seashore.
 
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The Soviets are really generous.

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While we film, we’re being followed,

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I mean, helped,

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by a 5 people staff, right, Wadelcy?
 
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There are 4 guys inside the bus,
 
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from the Moscow TV, 

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and one more here, next to me, from the Baku TV. 

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No, I didn’t miscount it, this is the atmosphere in here,

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it’s like a surveilled freedom.

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They don’t speak Russian here in Azerbaijan, 

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they speak Azeri.

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In the USSR, by the way, 

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approximately 150 languages are spoken,

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dear spectators.

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Do you want to hear how different Azeri is

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from the Russian they speak in Moscow? 

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Speak some Azeri, boss. 

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It’s impressive,

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I don’t get anything

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of the words he’s saying. 

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This is the famous samovar.

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Not just the English like tea. 

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Here in the Soviet Union, 

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everybody loves tea. 

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Tea! Tea! Tea! Finally we found a word that’s similar. 

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On a Sunday like this,

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people in Brazil just have an ice cold beer, 

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while you just take a hot little tea, right?

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Yaxsi? Yaxsi! 

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For those who don’t know, “yaxsi”, in Azeri, 

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means “horosho” in Russian. 

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And “horosho”, in Portuguese means “very good”.

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We’re now going 

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to visit a bar in Baku

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where they don’t sell alcoholic beverages. 

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After all we’re in a region of people

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with Islamic roots.

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As you read in there, 

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this poster up there is saying 

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 “Battle against alcoholic beverages”,

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and on the poster below it’s written 

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 “This is a self-service service”. 

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They have pancakes,

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fried eggs,
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tomato salad,

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and some sweets, like donuts, 

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yogurts, many types of yogurts and juices,

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hard-boiled eggs, 

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coffee and milk. 

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You don’t have any cachaça in here, man? 

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You don’t have vodka? 

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Let’s make our little meal then, 

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let’s sit there, Waldecy. 

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Gorbachev’s new government 

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has been making some anti-alcoholic policies.

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It seems that the Russian have been drinking a lot 

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lately.
 
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Today, for example, pubs had 

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their working period reduced, 

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besides the fact that they also reduced the amount of pubs 

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specially those that were near

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workplaces. 

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Another policy from the new government  

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was to cut Christmas bonus salary

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of people that were arriving drunk 

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at work.

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Now we’re going to take look in a fair that

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here in Azerbaijan, they call “bazaar”, 

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a Persian word.

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I don’t know if the shops are state-owned

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or if they’re private. 

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Are you a shop owner, mam? 

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We’re from a “kolkhoz”, 

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we work in a collective farm.

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From the “kolkhoznic”? 

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The “kolkhoz” are the Soviet Union’s

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collective farms. 

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They’re members of the farm
 
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and produced the amount 

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they had to give to the state

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and now they’re here selling

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the surplus to the population.

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Is this peach good, mam?

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Let’s see if it’s good…

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How much is a peach, sir? 

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A ruble? For 1 kg? A ruble for a kilo? 

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This is how the Soviet economy is like: 

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in Moscow, with 10 rubles, 10 kg of peaches, 

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you can pay your rent, housing, electricity and water. 

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Chicken?! Chicken?! 

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A ruble? It’s cheap!

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There’re many good things in this fair.

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Grapes, plums, watermelons, tomatoes! Look, look. 

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They all look pretty good. 

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A melon… How is the melon? 

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 “Horosho”, this melon?

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“Horosho”, he said that the melon is good!

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There’s a fruit in there, look, very interesting,

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look, Waldecy, show it.

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It’s like a tangerine without the peel 

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let’s find out what it is. 

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Hey, boss, what is this little fruit? 

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What’s that? 

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Shamamor? Is it from Azerbaijan? Azerbaijan?  

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How am I suppose to eat it? 

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Hum, it smells good. 

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Can I bite it? 

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It’s a pity you can’t feel it 

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but it smells very good. 

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Can I bite it? No?! 

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Oh, it’s not for eating!

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You have to hang it your house
 
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to perfume the environment.  

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And this? Ok, “horosho”.

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Just as the Brazilian people,

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the Soviet people is composed

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by a mix of many races. 

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Baku is the Caucasus’ little princess. 

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Here, near the city, 

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there are many summer camps 

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where the Soviets come to spend

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their leisure time.

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I and my little Soviet crew 

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that grows bigger and bigger now,

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are going to take a little walk in the beach. 

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<i>Vamos a la playa</i>, guys? 

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– How are you.
– I’m good. 

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 “Pajalusta” means “how are you?”.

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In this place we have a very interesting point of view, 

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dear spectators. 

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If we look and would go swimming 
 
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that way, we’d get to Iran.

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To the other side, that way,

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estaríamos indo para uma outra república
we would get to another Soviet Republic. 

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Back here is Turkey

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and above it all, there’s Lenin.  

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So, dear spectators, 

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we arrived in a beautiful beach called… 

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What is the name of this beach, Nazin?

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– Ganjilik.
– Ganjilik. 

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To get the beach people in a good mood 

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they hang a speaker up on an iron pole

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and they play some cheerful music. 

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Let’s go there talk to those babes, 

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Waldecy. Let’s go. 

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What’s the last summer trend here in Russia, 

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I mean, Soviet Union? 

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The less clothing, the better. 
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The lesser?

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The lesser you dress?!

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The bathing suit? The clothing?

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We’re still being photographed 

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and observed in here, dear spectators. 

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Actually, there’s not much difference 

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from the Brazilian beaches. 

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Except for the sand, that’s a bit darker 

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and harder.

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People are sort of the same 

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we see in the beaches down in Brazil. 

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There’s only a wall back there, dividing the beaches… 

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Hey, Nazin, excuse me. 

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Why is there a wall separating the beaches? 

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Because each beach belongs to a different spa. 

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So there’re not streams of people… 

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Everything is organized.

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Yeah, everything is organized and controlled.

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If you’re from the oil producers syndicate  

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you can’t have a bath with the guys from 

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the potatoes producers syndicate.  

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They’re very organized, but, just like in Brazil, 

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there’s always a way to get things. 

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Let’s go there and show the summer camp, Waldecy, 

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come here.

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Easy there, Waldecy.

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The KGB is photographing us. 

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And now we’re on the other side of the wall

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where the beach is even busier.  

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Also here in the Soviet Union 

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there’re these young men playing with 

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their undesirable little balls. 

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Look, Waldecy, though it’s a Soviet beach,	

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there’s a little soccer game going on, look. 

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The “central back”, as you can see, 

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is that strong, blonde, 1,85m tall woman.

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Do you want to play, Waldecy? 

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Let’s go, let’s show the Soviets 

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how this game is played. 

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Are they letting us play? 

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And now, the art-soccer supremacy… 

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The supremacy of a spectacle-soccer was unquestionable… 

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Now it’s Waldecy’s favorite part: 

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when everyone just sit, and drink their little 

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their little… their little tea? 

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– Are you a Soviet?
– Yes, I am. 

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What do you do for living? 

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I’m a French and Czech speaking touristic guide.

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Do the soviets can go wherever they want  

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in their vacations, are they able to travel, 

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they don’t need any special authorization? 

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Of course, it’s normal for us to visit other republics. 

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That is: you can go anywhere you want to 

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since you don’t leave the Soviet Union. 

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Let’s talk to a Soviet family in vacations. 

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This is Igor, he’s a welder, 

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this is his son, Okostia and Tania, his wife.

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Do you travel every year during vacations? 

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Almost every year, I rarely stay in my city. 

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Is it hard to get a place 

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in a summer camp like this?

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How long do you have to stay in line 

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to get it? 

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There’s no line. I just buy a train ticket and come. 

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Every Soviet citizen has the right to vacations, it’s in the Constitution.  

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I’m asking you all those questions 

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because in Brazil, it is very difficult 

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for a metalworker

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to spend his vacations in such a cool beach 

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like this, in Baku, here in the Soviet Union. 

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Alright, dear spectators, 

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this is all for today,

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And the number of Soviet friends in our table 
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only gets bigger and bigger.

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This week you saw the Soviets’ vacations. 

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Next week, I’ll show them working.

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– Right, Nazin?
– Yes. 

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Perfect.