[quote=@Chairman Stein]
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Takes place in 1989. If we set it in '91 we'd basically just be playing the Russian Federation. So I think setting it a year or two before the historical fall of the USSR gives us some time to develop characters and prepare for such major events or even prevent them entirely.
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Okay, that's good info. So, the end of the Soviet Union isn't set in stone yet. Are we looking at January 1st, or some time later? Has the Berlin Wall gone down yet? (I know its demolition doesn't really get into gear until 1990, but still.)