Well, actually Russia/USSR is my "paternal" land, i wanted to make a thread about "Smolensk (oblast) /Смоленск" ( my paternal city ) Which , unfortunately, i haven't find any thread about it , but i didn't get a chance to make a useful thread which introduce Smolensk as what it was/is . -i didn't want to only copy&paste- written things on other sites-
But not everyone can do this, cause the topic is " Russian cities " , so only people who has Russian background can do what you mention.
*i write you more , answered the question, in PM *