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Dresden's tobacco mosque was built in 1907 by Jewish businessman Hugo Zietz, who created the Yenidze Tobacco and Cigarette Factory in the late 19th cent

On television but we werent there when it happened. >> but after the berlin wall collapsed in november 1989, putin soon came face to face with changes sweeping the soviet bloc. the following month he was inside dresdens kgb headquarters when protesters surrounded the building. >> putin takes a pistol from a security guard, he holds it up and makes clear he will shoot anybody who fritries to get ins. but they dont know what to do beyond protecting the headquarters. >> he went inside, talked to th...

Inside dresdens kgb headquarters when protesters surrounded the building. >> putin takes a pistol from a security guard, he holds it up and makes clear he will shoot anybody who tries to get inside. dont know what to do beyond protecting the headquarters. he went inside, talked to the military and said contact moscow, find out what we need to do here and the military attache said i contacted moscow and moscow was silent. >> in his book, putin states that i got the feeling then that the country n...

A progression of economic crisis were exacerbated by ronald reagans determination to outspin the russians in defense and bring the ussr to its knees. >> mr. gorbachev, teardown this wall. >> the soviets and the kgb was reeling under a tremendous strain and pressure from the west. >> the soviet presidents attempts of the economy were emboldening people from behind the iron curtain to demand more liberty. for several years putin watched from a distance in dresden. >> the great break through in ter...

With changes sweeping the soviet bloc. the following month he was inside dresdens kgb headquarters when protesters surrounded the building. >> putin takes a pistol from a security guard, he holds it up and makes clear he will shoot anybody who tries to get inside. dont know what to do beyond protecting the headquarters. he went inside, talked to the military and said contact moscow, find out what we need to do here and the military attache said i contacted moscow and moscow was silent. >> in his...