Dad used to call it a glove compartment, always bringing hotel rooms from a bunny.

Things from the USSR For representatives of the new generation is akin to a curiosity. Sometimes it is not even possible to guess what was used for. But people who lived in the Soviet Union, thanks to these trinkets, seem to be transferred to the old days. Today I suggest you use this time machine and check your age!

Things from the USSR The first thing at first does not raise any questions. Looks like some kind of leather bag. Maybe this is an old sample of a modern breast banana? Almost! Any Soviet man will tell you that it is bicycle glove compartment.



Instagram / @vintage_soviet_period It was hung on the back of the seat and stored there all sorts of tools for the vehicle itself. If something breaks on the road, you can always fix it. Agree, it's convenient! Commentators online confirm: “This briefcase hung on the frame of each bicycle. There was a key under all the nuts, glue, a piece of camera and a scraper for cleaning the camera when glued.”

This is not the only rare thing from the USSR. Here, for example, is a special slide viewer. Although I was born after the collapse of the Soviet Union, my mother gave me the diascope. However, the most primitive version of it in the form of a sphere, looking at which, it is not immediately clear what it is. With his help, I looked at film photographs.



Instagram / @cherdak_klad Amazing abundance of different Soviet fintiflushki for cooking. For example, a figure vegetable cutter, a device for cleaning fish from scales, a milk separator for cleaning milk. And dumpling Remember? I had no idea this existed!

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Resourceful Soviet housewives used what they could find in the markets and shops of the time. Here's another interesting device. It's a hand-held cream knocker. There was a short instruction and the thing was quite small. Therefore, you had to spend a lot of time preparing a large amount of test. Now it is easy and simple to do with a convenient mixer.

The world of beauty procedures since the times of the USSR has also experienced unprecedented transformations. I suggest you look at the photo and remember what it is. At first glance, you can’t say that with help. this I could have had a beautiful haircut. However, Soviet women were not capable of this. In front of you, classic. Hair curling forceps.



Instagram / @cherdak_klad I don't want to imagine the damage this thing did to the hair, because in those days no one knew or heard about thermal protection. To make a hairstyle, you had to heat the forceps, and then twist a strand of hair with a bandage and place it between two red-hot pucks, which you see in the photo. It's not a nice thing to do!



Instagram / @vintage_soviet_period Now we often use a bank card or phone when paying for goods in the store. I used to have to carry a lot of small things with me. In order to somehow systematize the abundance of coins in your pocket and not to search for those that are needed at the moment, they came up with It's a handy mint. It had compartments for 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 kopecks. Did you use one?



Youtu Next lot - stocking machine. Show this bizarre thing to some modern teenager, and he probably will not guess what it is. And once with the help of such a device it was possible to extend the period of use of socks or tights. And in a country that was constantly suffering from shortages of goods, you often had to do such things.

This collection can be supplemented indefinitely. I suggest you get involved! Write in the comments what strange things from the USSR came to your mind. You can also share pictures of rare items if you have them at home. I'll see you downstairs!