History of Uganda (1971–79) to early 1971, Milton Obote's regime had terrorized, harassed, and tortured people. Frequent food shortages had blasted food prices through the ceiling. Obote's persecution of Indian traders had contributed to this. During Obote's regime, flagrant and widespread corruption had emerged. The regime was disliked, particularly in Buganda where people had suffered the most. By January 1971, Milton Obote, then President of Uganda, was prepared to rid himself of the potential threat posed by Idi Amin. Departing for the 1971 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Singapore, he relayed orders to loyal Langi officers that Amin and his supporters in the
Last Year's Snow Was Falling that later became colloquial ("Who is here, for example, the last in line for the Tsar position? Nobody?! Then I'll be the First!") were defended by Tatarskiy and Ivanov with scandals. Despite their attempts the film was sent "for revision". It was cut anew and redubbed. Last Year's Snow Was Falling Last Year's Snow Was Falling (; translit. "Padal proshlogodniy sneg") is a 1983 Soviet clay-animated film directed by Aleksandr Tatarskiy (T/O Ekran studio). The film reached a cult status after its first appearance on Central TV. The aphoristic remarks of the characters, full of absurd humor, turned into colloquial