How many Soviet republics were there?

Well, there’s no need to talk about things you don’t know. I have books that are reprints from 1988. And The Silmarillion was published officially. Besides, science fiction and fantasy were also published; I have a lot of science fiction books at home that were published in the USSR. And there were funnier comedians than Zadornov in the USSR, like Arkady Raikin. Shows like Vzglyad and Do i posle polunochi also existed in the USSR. Now, it’s not freedom of speech, but rather indifference. Science fiction and fantasy are published because “people will buy it,” not because of freedom. You still can’t find the truth; take any channel – it’s all lies. Now, society has taken the worst aspects of the Soviet system and the worst aspects of the West.