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  1. Feb 21, 2020 · Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media. Paul Yirga was the manager on duty on Sept. 16, 1989, the day Russian leader Boris Yeltsin visited a Randalls grocery store in the Clear Lake area....

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  2. Apr 7, 2014 · By Craig Hlavaty on April 7, 2014 at 8:29 AM. 10. A post earlier this year on Houston’s Reddit that mentioned late Russian president Boris Yeltsins wide-eyed trip to a Clear Lake grocery...

  3. Sep 13, 2017 · In 1989 Russian president Boris Yeltsin's wide-eyed trip to a Clear Lake grocery store led to the downfall of communism. It was Sept. 16, 1989, and Yeltsin, then newly-elected to the new...

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  4. Oct 29, 2022 · 32K views 1 year ago. Did you know that Jell-O Pudding Pops played a role in the downfall of the Soviet Union? Hear the story of how a trip to an American grocery store made a huge impact on a...

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  5. When Boris Yeltsin visited Texas in 1990, he went to a grocery store and was shocked by the abundance of food. This shattered his view of Communism and led to him reforming Russia. With all the Russian spies, how did the government officials not know about the condition of America before this?

  6. But on Sept. 16, 1989, Yeltsin just wanted to catch a glimpse of everyday American life. So, during his visit to NASA, he asked to check out a local grocery store. Paul Yirga answered the phone that day at the Randall’s store (now a Food Town) at El Dorado Boulevard and Highway 3. He was the manager on duty that day.

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  8. Mar 22, 2022 · 15M views 1 year ago. In 1989, the soon-to-be first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, went to an American supermarket in Houston, Texas. And it changed his life forever. ...more. In 1989,...

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