#igorgouzenko

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I heard Zabotin remark more than once that living abroad spoiled some Russians. It had certainly spoiled Anna and me. In Ottawa we had a comfortable apartment of our own. In Moscow a place that size would have been shared by four or five families.

Quote #1: Once Igor Gouzenko started to contrast the differences between a lifestyle in his homeland, Russia, and a lifestyle in this new glorious and free country, Canada, we start to see his shifting loyalties. His family and he start to get used to this luxurious lifestyle (i.e. having a comfortable apartment), and don’t want to return to Russia where they would have to suffer (i.e. living in a place where a normal Canadian apartment would be shared by four or five families).

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Picture #3: After arriving in Canada Igor Gouzenko and his wife, Svetlana (who he lovingly called Anna), started to enjoy the freedom of an individual in Canada. The drastic change of Igor Gouzenko’s demeanour from the first picture represents how the contrasting lifestyle that he experienced while living in Canada caused him to start having doubts about the Soviet Union’s oppression and instead start to feel strongly for the Canadian identity.