from ep 3 when dude is talking to the KGBSuzanne Massie taught President Ronald Reagan this important Russian phrase: 'Trust, but verify'
The year was 1984. It was the height of the Cold War and Russian historianSuzanne Massie will never forget the moment she got a call from the White House.
President Ronald Reagan had read her book, Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia, and invited Massie to the Oval Office to brief him on the Russian worldview.
That first meeting, in January 1984, was the first in a series of closed-door meetings that would continue until 1988 — through some of the tensest moments of the Cold War.
Footage of the soldiers clearing the roof
throw on the subtitles
here's some footage from the event... a lot of the stuff in the show is the same or damn close to what happened. The news broadcast, the fire dept call
HBO nailed this
That speech Boris gave about "doing what must be done to save millions" when he needed 3 men to go into the water had me like
The equivalent of roughly $12.00 today to face certain death. That’s a savage proposition. Imagine the American government coming to your doorstep with that offer! “Need you to go and kill yourselves to save the country. Don’t worry...we’ll send a $12.00 check to your family for their grief..”800 rubles...
Idk what it was worth at its peak.. but imagine getting paid even 8000 Euros for that shyt
You can NOT be familiar with a type a riffle and still be a good shooter.Pavel, who can't even load a rifle, gets turned into a dead eyed dog killer
The equivalent of roughly $12.00 today to face certain death. That’s a savage proposition. Imagine the American government coming to your doorstep with that offer! “Need you to go and kill yourselves to save the country. Don’t worry...we’ll send a $12.00 check to your family for their grief..”
You can NOT be familiar with a type a riffle and still be a good shooter.
When i had my SKS i had to learn how to load the shyt from the person i got it from. But i had been shooting M16s for years, tho. Hell the first time i ever shot a riffle i was way better at it than i anticipated being at first. Granted the dogs Pavel shot were in close range and werent moving. As for the rest, you're right.
Yeah in the podcast this morning the show writer/creator was telling how those stories were much worst than he showed. He mentioned a scene where a puppy was shot and thought to be dead. Turns out it was still alive as the cement was being poured. The guys felt bad about burying it alive but... they were all out of bullets...Fair enough.
I didn't mean dead eye as in a good shot, though - i meant it as in the vacant 1000 yard stare while he smokes a cig like contemplating what he's become..
I addressed the dogs above.Man this was a hard episode to watch. Jesus those dogs man...That stupid firefighter girlfriend killed her unborn child like I knew she would and that roof clearing scene had me
Ol boy boot ripped and the other telling him “You’re done”....
He really was man. That cat probably died or will die within a day or 2. This show is unbelievable and has me going through too many emotions.
Yeah in the podcast this morning the show writer/creator was telling how those stories were much worst than he showed. He mentioned a scene where a puppy was shot and thought to be dead. Turns out it was still alive as the cement was being poured. The guys felt bad about burying it alive but... they were all out of bullets...
I'm sure being part of those hundreds of thousands of people that did the cleanup changed them cats almost as bad as being a war veteran