Татарстан Казань 22 июля 1995 телефонные системы (22 Jul 1995) SCRIPT Eng/Russian/Nat While the rest of the world was getting better toaster ovens and cars, citizens of the former Soviet Union for the most part only saw advanced technology during Red Square military parades. But this week that all changed as one Russian city was vaulted into the twenty-first century. The Soviets may have been the first country to put a man into space over 30 years ago, but they never could get the phones to work right. Still today in Tatarstan, a republic in Russia, the phones don't dial right - don't connect right and leave a lot of people frustrated. Only one in eighteen here have access to a phone, and people have been known to wait decades for a phone to be installed. For a lucky few, that all changed this week. When it comes to telecommunications, these men are taking a back seat to no-one. The warbling sound of hi-technology is
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