I lived in Russia from when I was one years old - which I can remember nothing, to the age of five from which I only remember a few details - so I tried my best to curate my experiences but they weren't from a totally "aware" perspective. So I apologise for my "skin deep" experience, but I can't elaborate anymore - I could ask my Mother, but that wouldn't be from my perspective.
Oh, we all had the same - because I never met anyone from higher in Society, I do know about it, and I understand why the USSR fell - but that simply wasn't my experience, so I left it out - I was five years old, I had no ideas about totalitarianism and the Oligarchy at the time.
I'm British - and I try to be as real as I can :)
Fair enough.
Your article isn't super-clear on how some of your experiences may not be reflective of the life in the 80s in the USSR. Perhaps a suggestion would be to rename the article to something that lets the reader know that you were a child of a British expat.