The Soviet eco-bag string bag—a symbol of an era

Those born in the USSR, of course I do always padding along the shops or waiting in queues of ordinary people with constant bags in hand. The bag (woven rope shopping bag) is a commodity attribute and the symbol of an entire era. What people loved the bag and what is it called? Will try to figure this out. According to some, the bag was invented in the Czech Republic in the late nineteenth century. Krcil wavrin, who lived in the surroundings of žďár nad sázavou, and began to produce a hairnet, but the business did not go. Then enterprising Czech added him to handle — so came to light a mesh bag, quickly gained much popularity.





But the name "pile" comes from the Russian word "Avos". The first time this term in 1935 he used the satirist Arkady Raikin, in the monologue of the street grid. And, showing it to the audience, he explained: "And this is the bag. Maybe, I something in it will bring.... People humor came to taste, so with the light hand of the satirist that bag and called bag. The folded bag takes up very little space, so fits easily in handbag, briefcase or pocket. Given that plastic paketov at that time was not yet, in times of shortage in the Soviet Union, people often carried around a bag with a case — maybe you will be able to buy something on the way home from work. To shopping bags make it easier to hold the shopping bags was produced with a plastic handle rubber tubes, and advanced consumers was wearing a special hooks for hanging such bags on the edge of the table or on the handrail in public transport.

A bag was applied by the Soviet people, not only for its intended purpose. but for many other purposes: In bags was stored vegetables in the winter, filled with onion or garlic, it hung on the wall. In winter, the bag folded products and hang it on the outside of the window. A shopping bag caught crayfish. Unfortunately the decadent West has infected us fashion cellophane bags (which are now a problem to dispose of) and the bag significantly passed its position after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But do not despair, the bags have a second life.





The bag has become a fashion accessory in recent years, designers began to produce creative shopping bags, shopping bags for women, which enjoy the same success. And why not! Because the bag is almost limitless, indestructible, environmentally friendly bag with a lot of advantages, next to which plastic bag and stood.



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