I recently became aware of a man named Pyotr Patrushev . His claim to fame is that he was one of the first and only people to escape the Soviet Union by swimming to freedom over 30 km in the Black Sea from Balumi Georgia to Turkey. It is a very inspiring tale. There are links to four YouTube videos of interviews with him on his entire life in the Soviet Union, his escape, and his post-escape treatment in Turkey. It was not smooth sailing right away for him since they thought he must be a KGB agent since no one had successfully completed such a feat since WWII. #history #PyotrPatrushev #ussr #ColdWar #swimming nequalsonelifestyle.com/2023/0…