Machine in the USSR. How to buy and gave

Ways to purchase a car during the post-war Soviet Union, there were many. Some of them do not know until now, but there were also common among the citizens of the mighty Union scheme. Let us recall the main ones.
For services to the Motherland



The country has always remembered its heroes: in some times persecuted in some encouraged, including cars. The most courageous and brave citizens of the USSR machines secretaries-general gave himself even without any money. War veterans and order bearers were allowed once in a lifetime to buy a car without a queue. And since one car per family was more than enough, all were satisfied.
Years in queues



Everyone else had to wait. Waiting period averaged about seven or eight years. In all, it was impossible to get there for a reason - it was required to get up on what any of the businesses and save money. The cost of the GAZ-21 was in the 1970s, about 5500 - 6000 rubles for "Lada" had to give about 8000 rubles. At a salary of 100-150 rubles a month this money from Soviet citizens were. Firstly, it was to spend almost nothing, and secondly, for the years of waiting, postponing of the family 200-300-ruble budget $ 100 a month for seven years accumulating the required amount, the third who did not have time to save money often going to need to sum over all relatives and friends.



The very process of buying a car looked very humiliating. Defended the main long-term part, had to endure a few more directly in the automobile - there were only a few and to cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg accounted for only one Soviet "showroom". By the way, the machines themselves they did not have! Issue certificates to the buyer account, and then he went to a specialized savings bank, where he again stood in the queue. Then returned to the store for the check (after another queue) for a car, drove to the warehouse where waiting for the next transporter with cars and take as a result of a car just by number with the color of the body, which has got. And it was happiness.



Hairy hand
Waiting in the car line could stretch on for much longer because of the citizens who completely inexplicably appeared on the waiting list. Buy the place was virtually impossible - the money was not wanted, but to build his name through a friend in the automobile or higher rank in the party - easily. No electronic-queue and serial numbers simply did not exist, and keep track of the legality of promotion stage is just not possible.



B / y car
In 1978, Alla Pugacheva wrote a song in which sounded the following lines: "With cracked faroyu with old doors, the last century style. Somewhere in the country is very inexpensive dad bought a car. " It's a dream, alas, was actually almost no feasible: all used cars sold through commission shop. They were created to deal with speculators, but in fact no fighting was not observed - the old machines cost as new.



There were various corruption schemes when the employees themselves komissionki for a considerable bribe casually puts the seller and the buyer have long agreed on everything. This required a lot more money than buying a car through a multi-year turn.



Voyage to the sister republics
Often the machines went to sister republics. Georgia, for example, always tacitly considered the birthplace of the Soviet crime and theft, there is more than enough and speculators who are willing to sell the car at a price that is 4-5 times greater than the state.
Happy case
And met some incredible stories. In 1983, the famous case in which institutions of the Soviet Union there were announcements about the extraordinary purchase of cars "Moskvich" on credit. Scheme, to the village of species only under the old regime, was surprised by the workers and peasants, but in reality it turned out to be sheer truth. It turns out that because of the downed fighter Su-15 South Korean passenger "Boeing", many Western countries have abandoned Soviet machinery. Then "Moskvich" sold even in Ireland and Scotland in the right-hand drive version, and in France implemented convertibles "Moskvich". As a result of all exports settled in the USSR and the machine overflowed all warehouses. "Freebie" did not last long.



And a little case
Who was waiting for this happy occasion with "Moskvich"? Predict this was impossible, so people actively bought tickets "Sports Lottery", where cars often played. Lucky units, but that luck Well!
... Frankly, we can long nostalgia for the Soviet past, but from a purely automotive point of view I would prefer modern times. Let the possible sanctions, albeit with a Russian assembly, albeit with anything, the main thing - the availability of almost any machine that wants to.



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