The beginning of the eighties of the last century became the most difficult time for residents of the Soviet Union. Long, relatively calm times, which would later be called the “era of stagnation,” were ending... all this was complicated by the fact that the most dangerous period in the confrontation between the superpowers had begun, a period when rivalry could turn into war at any moment. It turned out as it did and the USSR surrendered without war... and everything could have been completely different...