20 years of the decree of "free trade"

At the beginning of the year was filled with round date - January 29, 1992 was adopted and signed by Yeltsin decree number 65 & quot; Free Trade & quot ;. In a short time on the streets of the spilled hundreds of thousands of trades that people still out of habit called speculators. Of course there were the remnants of the "old speculation" -when the goods were bought in retail stores and then sold more expensive due to the deficit. But mostly trade acquired new forms, often socially useful, as often ugly. Probably through it had to pass, but the way it turned out as always long and thorny. People has been started to float freely after a long habit of becoming obsolete as a trade-where - and with anything.
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Source: kleomen

Photographer Steve McCurry

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The original decree allowed citizens and businesses to trade "in any convenient for them, with the exception of the carriageway streets, subway stations and the areas adjacent to the buildings of state authorities and management."

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a great sign in the background

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The first result of the evolution of trade- stalls that sold everything that came into his head master point, "spirit" Royal & quot ;, clothes, chocolates, cigarettes, food. I remember a stall that was selling drugs, and a list of medications was written on the cardboard.

"The bird quickly three bottles of liquor!»:
"And the" Bounty ", and" Bounty ", and" Bounty »!».
"Best beer!».
"Most good champagne!».
Most good champagne at a kiosk - Polish, forged French, called "Madame Clicquot. Strawberry ».
It was a terrible drink. This sparkling brake fluid. But this fluid cost ten times more than a bottle of "Soviet". How can you pay the money, and give vent to some other lousy taste pimples! What a triumph of false widow drinks like clapping cork! I remember the young man in a silk jacket and sipped from the bottle, gleefully shouted to his friends: "This is not a" Soviet "!". Of course, the poor fellow was right ... http: //2005.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2005/48n/n48n-s28.shtml