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Re:Movements of the Cold War: How the Soviets Revolutionized... by barryp on Thursday December 15, 2016 @03:15PM (#13187877)
I was curious about the workers from Ohio who went to the USSR to help setup the transferred equipment (did they make it back? end up in a gulag?), found this short article:

https://dueber-hampden.blogspot.com/2012/12/to-russia-with-l...

Sounds like they were treated like kings and came home after their contract was up

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Re:Movements of the Cold War: How the Soviets Revolutionized... by kapitza on Thursday December 15, 2016 @04:37PM (#13188681)
Ha, not in all cases:

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/772/1/the...

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