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Features of Soviet life
Nostalgia in the Soviet Union is still felt by many. Those who lived in this huge country, remember carefree childhood, songs at the campfire, pioneer everyday life, affordable prices, caring state. And those who were born later, listen to the dreary stories of older comrades or relatives and imagine how before, it was good.. Not like now...
Were Soviet citizens so happy? Or were there more disadvantages in the lives of the builders of communism? We are unlikely to come to an unequivocal conclusion, because there will always be supporters of the Soviet Union, and those who casually call this huge empire Sovk.
Today's edition. "Site" He will tell about the USSR in the words of eyewitnesses – those who felt all the comfort of living in the Land of Soviets. These people knew that Soviet food was not always of good quality, and that food and clothing should be “produced.”
I was born in 1977 in relatively wealthy St. Petersburg. I remember how my parents were embarrassed to be friends with Vasya, a bad neighbor, but they did it, because he worked in a deli. Uncle Vasya was always dirty and often drunk, but could get decent meat. My parents had to feed me and my sister.”
DepositPhotos, I come from 1980. I remember when I was 8 years old, I had only green shoes that didn’t fit into any outfit, because I didn’t have any more green things. But I walked in barefoot and I didn't dare ask. And winter shoes! When you go to school in the snow, your feet get wet. Neither I nor the other guys had any shoes. Went around with wet feet.”
"Food in the USSR - a separate story. The queues for bread stretched such that they stood for an hour and a half. Meat was expected even longer. If on the counter threw “Hercules”, the parents bought boxes for stock. Vodka was generally sold only on coupons.”
There are very interesting stories about the last paragraph. Some tricksters applied to the registry office to get vodka stamps. The application was later withdrawn and the alcohol remained. By the way, alcoholic beverages were in great shortage. Therefore, even non-drinkers wanted to get alcohol - it was profitable to exchange something.
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They say that everything in the USSR was the most natural and useful. Yeah! There were blue chickens on the shelves, apparently dying of starvation and abuse. There was milk and sour cream. Fortunately, my grandmother knew the store manager, so we got the milk before it was diluted. And getting sour cream was considered a great success.”
To buy the necessary products or things, you had to travel to major cities and carry huge bags with good. Most often this was done by women. Sometimes it was hard to understand how these fragile creatures manage to pull so much in their hands.
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“Mother was sometimes sent on business trips to Moscow, and she carried everything she could get from there. I remember one day she locked those damn bags, crawled down dressed on the floor and cried softly with fatigue.
“If one was able to travel abroad or even to a large neighbouring town, as much food as one could take home. Sausage, fruit, butter, cheese ...”
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There are many such stories about life in the USSR. And yet there are people who deny that there was a shortage. These citizens of the Soviet hardening claim that the shelves were really empty, but everyone had everything at home. For they knew how to get...
It’s really easy today: I wanted to buy it. Too casual and uninteresting. But before anything you had to get, idle in queues, or buy from under the floor from the farts, risking not only money, but sometimes your own freedom. That's where the romance was!
What do you remember? Soviet Union? Was life really better than it is now?
Were Soviet citizens so happy? Or were there more disadvantages in the lives of the builders of communism? We are unlikely to come to an unequivocal conclusion, because there will always be supporters of the Soviet Union, and those who casually call this huge empire Sovk.
Today's edition. "Site" He will tell about the USSR in the words of eyewitnesses – those who felt all the comfort of living in the Land of Soviets. These people knew that Soviet food was not always of good quality, and that food and clothing should be “produced.”
I was born in 1977 in relatively wealthy St. Petersburg. I remember how my parents were embarrassed to be friends with Vasya, a bad neighbor, but they did it, because he worked in a deli. Uncle Vasya was always dirty and often drunk, but could get decent meat. My parents had to feed me and my sister.”
DepositPhotos, I come from 1980. I remember when I was 8 years old, I had only green shoes that didn’t fit into any outfit, because I didn’t have any more green things. But I walked in barefoot and I didn't dare ask. And winter shoes! When you go to school in the snow, your feet get wet. Neither I nor the other guys had any shoes. Went around with wet feet.”
"Food in the USSR - a separate story. The queues for bread stretched such that they stood for an hour and a half. Meat was expected even longer. If on the counter threw “Hercules”, the parents bought boxes for stock. Vodka was generally sold only on coupons.”
There are very interesting stories about the last paragraph. Some tricksters applied to the registry office to get vodka stamps. The application was later withdrawn and the alcohol remained. By the way, alcoholic beverages were in great shortage. Therefore, even non-drinkers wanted to get alcohol - it was profitable to exchange something.
DepositPhotos
They say that everything in the USSR was the most natural and useful. Yeah! There were blue chickens on the shelves, apparently dying of starvation and abuse. There was milk and sour cream. Fortunately, my grandmother knew the store manager, so we got the milk before it was diluted. And getting sour cream was considered a great success.”
To buy the necessary products or things, you had to travel to major cities and carry huge bags with good. Most often this was done by women. Sometimes it was hard to understand how these fragile creatures manage to pull so much in their hands.
DepositPhotos
“Mother was sometimes sent on business trips to Moscow, and she carried everything she could get from there. I remember one day she locked those damn bags, crawled down dressed on the floor and cried softly with fatigue.
“If one was able to travel abroad or even to a large neighbouring town, as much food as one could take home. Sausage, fruit, butter, cheese ...”
5481.80
There are many such stories about life in the USSR. And yet there are people who deny that there was a shortage. These citizens of the Soviet hardening claim that the shelves were really empty, but everyone had everything at home. For they knew how to get...
It’s really easy today: I wanted to buy it. Too casual and uninteresting. But before anything you had to get, idle in queues, or buy from under the floor from the farts, risking not only money, but sometimes your own freedom. That's where the romance was!
What do you remember? Soviet Union? Was life really better than it is now?
