I remember taking a tour of an Armenian carpet factory in 2003, ostensibly to buy some rugs. What I got, besides two carpets, was a history lesson on the Cold War and a tour of their fallout shelter. I was told (and have no reason to doubt my host's veracity) that most major USSR era production facilities have fallout shelters and were somewhat prepared for a nuclear attack. I remember leaving the factory thinking, 'Fuck, I'm glad we never had a nuclear war with the USSR. They were a lot more prepared than your average factory textile mill in North Carolina'
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