Old things from Soviet times. Legendary things that became the hallmark of the USSR
A Minsk resident collected a collection of Soviet items worth $15,000 at his dacha: “We are not nostalgic for the USSR, we are just remembering our childhood”
It all happened very accidentally. Six years ago Denis bought a dacha. Forgotten Soviet artifacts were an appendage to it. The man thought about it. Then I bought myself several beer glasses from the 80s, and a little later I found one rare one - from the 50s, the so-called Nikulinsky. From glasses he switched to beer taps, tape recorders, filmoscopes, and paraphernalia of the Soviet police. Latest project Denis - restored Soviet machine gun sparkling water from his childhood.
- It's probably due to age,- Denis laughs and shows the machine gun.
Schoolchildren really don’t understand. Students, in principle, too. These have ceased to be actively used since the end of 1991. They were mainly placed in public gathering places - GUM, TSUM, cinemas and other popular establishments. You come up, wash the glass, throw in a penny and drink. If you have a 3-kopeck coin in your pocket, you can afford soda with syrup.
- For some time after the collapse of the USSR in the former Soviet republics they worked on tokens. Now they have started making them stylized as Soviet ones with bill acceptors. But this, of course, is not the same coat. Similar machines were produced in Kyiv and Moscow, if I’m not mistaken. My sample is Ukrainian. And yes, this is a reusable cut glass. People did not disdain and did not get sick.
The gut, of course, is not completely natural. Lacks modern details. Purchased machine gun. Denis spent about $250 on it. True, this is not the first try. There were three more before this one. All four units are now on site.
- On “Online” there is a thematic thread “Our childhood”. People aged 35+ actively communicate there. When I started talking about the soda machine, I found a user under the nickname globba - a man with golden hands who persuaded me to get into it. We fiddled around for three weeks together, but we managed.
Children from the countryside gathered to look at the new contraption in Uncle Denis’s yard. At first they didn’t understand what it was at all. Then they asked me to explain. Uncle Denis taught them how to use a machine gun - queues began to form around it.
- Does this taste better to you than drinks like Fanta?
- For me these are different things. Fanta appeared in the USSR for the 1980 Olympics. And it was also sold in vending machines. There were no such people in Minsk. I remember my father and I came to Moscow. In the building of the Belorussky railway station, my dad says to me: “Denis, you’re about to try something like this, it’s unrealistic.” delicious drink. Keep 15 kopecks." So you understand? Five times more expensive than Soviet sparkling water. At the Belorussky station there were two machines with the inscription “Fanta”. I didn't even know what it was. But yes, it was amazingly delicious for me then. It's 1981. It seems to me that Fanta and Pepsi have not changed since then. Same taste. And Soviet drinks - Tarragon, Baikal, Buratino - have become worse. Previously, they were made from natural ingredients. The shelf life was 7 days. And now it’s unclear how much. Beer is the same story. Crafting is fashionable now. And in my youth, it turns out, everything was craft.
Denis laughs. He wears elements of the uniform of Soviet traffic cops. Belt, leggings - 70s. Helmet - 80's. Made in Estonia. After the acquisition, the collector liked to play pranks on his neighboring summer residents by going out onto the village road. Some actually stopped and showed documents until they realized what was happening.
- I have been working for 25 years stock market RB. For 10 years he worked in the government body that regulated the securities market. Then he worked in a professional securities market participant. I invest part of the money I earn into my collection. These things must be saved for the future. This is our story.
Many things are now rising in price. Taking this into account, the value of the collection is approximately $15,000.
- It's like with securities, you need to know what to invest in,- the collector laughs. - True, I had no calculations. As a result, the flashing lights from the GDR, which I bought for $10-15, have now become much more expensive. Because in Russia there has become a fashion for creating replicas of police and traffic police cars of the USSR. As a result, the cost of a flasher can now reach up to $100, or even more. But I don't make money from this. This is a hobby. For myself.
The man shows replicas of the license plates of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the BSSR. He says that with the introduction of new white and black numbers in the USSR, the MIM series became only a police series in 1980.
- At the night of museums on May 19, with another of our forum members m141170, we transferred things related to the Soviet police for temporary exhibition to the museum of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus. Why did the prices for these things increase? There is a fashion for Soviet cars in the Russian Federation. And now almost every district police department wants to install such a retro car in front of their building. I have been studying USSR police transport for many years. Especially coloring books. For a long time I searched for Soviet GOSTs, which established the rules for painting. They were nowhere to be found on the Internet. As a result, I found the originals from 1953 and 1957 in Russian archives. Requested copies, paid something like $50.
The USSR no longer exists, but the memory of the legendary things of that era is still alive. From the Tu-144 aircraft to the pedal Moskvich and string bag.
1. Tu – 144
"Soviet Concorde", the first supersonic aircraft that carried passengers. Unfortunately, the Tu-144 did not fly for a long time. Due to two accidents on June 1, 1978, Aeroflot stopped passenger air transportation of the Tu-144.
But in the early 1990s, the Tu-144 worked for NASA as a flying laboratory.
2. Satellite
The first artificial satellite. PS1 (the simplest satellite) looked stylish: a shiny ball (diameter 58 cm) with four antennas (2.9 and 2.4 meters). He weighed 83.6 kilograms.
The word “Sputnik” has become international, and the profile of “Sputnik” still cannot be confused with anything.
3. Lunokhod
The Lunokhod was the fruit of the creative thought of Soviet design engineer Georgy Babakin and his team. The first Lunokhod in history had eight wheels, and each of them had its own drive, which provided the device with all-terrain qualities. It was a real “miracle of technology”, shredded with first-class equipment.
4. AK-47
AK-47 - living legend. It took first place in the list of the most significant inventions of the 20th century according to the French magazine Libération and 4th place in the list of “50 products that changed the world” according to Playboy magazine.
Children are called “Kalash” in Africa; the machine gun is depicted on the state flags of four states (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, East Timor) and on the coat of arms of Mozambique.
5. Vostok spaceship
Yuri Gagarin went into space on it. This is already enough to call “Vostok” legendary. Soviet industry produced models spaceships“East” for children, and adults pinned a badge with its image on the lapel of their jacket.
6. Orbital station "Mir"
The Soviet designers of the Mir orbital station showed the whole world what a comic house-laboratory should look like. Mir was in orbit for 15 years. 135 cosmonauts from 11 countries visited the station. Almost 17,000 scientific experiments were conducted in the unique space laboratory. There were almost 12 tons of scientific equipment at the station alone.
7. PPSh
During the Great Patriotic War, PPSh-41 was the most popular and famous submachine gun in the USSR. The creator of this legendary weapons, whom the soldiers lovingly called “daddy,” was the gunsmith Georgy Shpagin.
IN post-war period was produced in North Korea. One of the first Korean PPSh (version with a disk magazine) was presented to Stalin in 1949 for his 70th birthday.
8. Tank T-34
The T-34 tank deservedly became one of the symbols of Victory. This is the only medium tank whose cannon was used by Hero of Russia A.M. during the war. Fadin shot down a flying enemy plane. The Thirty-Four is the most economical tank in terms of fuel consumption, as well as the most popular tank in the world: in the USSR, over 58,000 T-34 tanks were produced in 1940-1946 alone
9. Faceted glass
Soviet faceted glasses, made using a special technology, could literally crack nuts. The appearance of the “border” in the USSR is associated with Vera Mukhina. Allegedly, the design of the glass was developed by her in 1943 in besieged Leningrad, where Mukhina headed the Art Glass Workshop.
10. Zenit
These iconic cameras were produced at the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant. The Zenit E series has become the most popular SLR camera in the world. And in 1979, the prestigious British magazine What camera? recognized Zenit EM as the best camera of the year.
11. Ekranoplan
The Lun ekranoplan, which was tested in 1985, was a real machine of the future. Because of its firepower, it was dubbed the “aircraft carrier killer.” The ekranoplan was one of the largest aircraft ever produced.
12. Commander's watch
If it’s an automatic rifle, then it’s a Kalashnikov; if it’s a watch, it’s a Komandirskie one. Initially, “commander’s” watches were called award watches that could be awarded for a feat. After the war, “Commander” watches began to be produced at the Chistopol watch factory.
13. "The Seagull"
The most beautiful car Soviet Union, "Chaika" was the most popular Soviet luxury car. In terms of its appearance, the car was a compilation of design solutions of the American automobile industry, the so-called fin style, or “Detroit Baroque.”
14. ZAZ 965. “Humpbacked”
ZAZ 965 was a real “people's car”. Its production was based on the Italian Fiat 600. “Brokeback” was a star, he starred in such films as “Three Plus Two”, “Queen of the Gas Station” and many others. The “hunchback” even appeared in the cartoons “Well, Just Wait” and “Vacation in Prostokvashino.”
15. Badges
Everyone in the USSR had badges. They were worn by October soldiers, pioneers, Komsomol members, party members, athletes and ordinary workers. Badges were issued to memorable dates, for anniversaries of general secretaries, for holidays. They were convertible currency. Valuable badges were highly valued.
16. VAZ 2101. “Kopeyka”
VAZ 2101, “Kopeyka” is a legendary car. The prototype of the first Zhiguli model was the Italian Fiat 124. The Kopeika was a favorite car not only in the Soviet Union, but also in the countries of the socialist bloc. In Cuba, “penny limousines” are still in use today, used as minibuses. In 2000, the magazine “Behind the Wheel” recognized the VAZ 2101 as “the best Russian car of the century.”
17. "Belaz"
BelAZ-540 was one of the best mining dump trucks in the world. This giant became the first owner of the Quality Mark and was a real breakthrough in technological thought. It was the first car produced in the USSR with hydropneumatic wheel suspension, combined hydraulic power steering and body lift systems.
18. Planet batteries
Flat batteries “Planet” not only powered various portable devices, but were also a must-have for every Soviet child. They were usually sealed on top with a strip of paper with the inscription “If you haven’t checked it, don’t open it,” and they could only be checked by opening it with your tongue; if it pricks, it means it’s good.
19. Battery
Another power source, the battery, was of interest to the Soviet children for completely different reasons. His suitability for work was unimportant. Important were lead plates, which were easily melted and turned into crafts - from brass knuckles to amulets.
20. "Meteor"
The winged "Meteors" and "Rockets", designed by designer Rostislav Alekseev, were the fastest ships of the USSR. The first captain of the Meteor was the famous pilot Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail Devyatayev, who during the war was able to escape from captivity by hijacking an enemy bomber.
21. Tumbler
Everything ingenious is simple. Tumbler was the main children's toy for several generations of Soviet children. She taught children perseverance. Those who were no longer old enough to play with it used the tumbler to create a “smoke bowl.”
22. String bag
Although we associate the string bag with the USSR, it was invented by the Czech Vavrzhin Krcil in late XIX century. However, it was in the Union that the string bag became a cult item. It is believed that the name “string bag” was invented in the 1930s by the writer Vladimir Polyakov.
String bags were compact and spacious. In winter, they often hung food outside the windows. And the thieves then cut the string bags off the windows.
23. Vacuum cleaner “Whirlwind”
In addition to the stylish design, the Whirlwind vacuum cleaners also differed from others in their incredible power. Until now, many people have “Whirlwinds” at their dachas and are used to clean up even industrial waste.
24. Gas water devices
On April 16, 1937, the first sparkling water machine was installed in the Smolny canteen. Later, machine guns began to appear in Moscow, and then throughout the Union. Just sparkling water cost one kopeck, sparkling water with syrup was sold for three kopecks. The cups were reusable; they were simply rinsed with a stream of water.
25. Rocket "Satan"
It was not for nothing that the Americans called the Soviet strategic missile system R-36M “Satan”. In 1973, this missile became the most powerful ballistic system ever developed. Not a single missile defense system was capable of resisting the SS-18, whose destruction radius was 10,000 kilometers
26. Motorcycle "Ural"
"Ural" is the king of Soviet motorcycles. Reliable, heavy, passable. The history of the Urals from the late 30s until 1964 was the history of a military motorcycle. Even when the motorcycle began to be sold to ordinary people, the owner of the Ural was obliged to register with the military, and the traffic police prohibited using the motorcycle without a sidecar.
27. Bicycle "Kama"
"Kama" was a real bestseller. In the late 80s, this bike cost 100 rubles, which was not so little, but there were still queues for it. “Kama” was actively “tuned”: it was covered with stickers with racing cars, fringe was hung on the “seat” and steering wheel handles, and parts from the designer were put on the spokes.
28. Motor scooter “Ant”
There were no hipsters in the USSR, but there were motor scooters. And not only road and tourist ones, but also cargo ones. Those who remember the USSR also remember the “Ants” scooters. Hard workers, builders and plumbers loved to ride them.
29. Electronic game “Well, wait a minute!”
The ultimate gaming gadget of the 1980s. The wolf must catch as many eggs as possible in the basket, “supplied” by the chickens from four sides. For each egg caught, a point was counted, for each broken egg- a point was taken away. Having collected 200 points, the player received bonus game. During the game, a hare would periodically appear in the upper corner of the screen, and then you could earn bonus points.
30. Budenovka
Budenovka was called both “Frunzenka” and “hero.” The top of the budenovka was jokingly nicknamed the “mind tap.” It was introduced as part of the winter uniform of the Red Army in 1919. Until 1940, the budenovka was invariably associated with the soldiers of the Red Army, but after Finnish war was replaced by a hat with earflaps.
31. Tarpaulin boots
Tarpaulin boots are more than shoes. Ivan Plotnikov, who established their production before the war, received Stalin Prize. By the end of the war, 10 million Soviet soldiers wore tarpaulin boots. After the war, everyone wore kirzachs - from old people to schoolchildren.
32. Riga electric trains
In the late USSR, the electric trains of the Riga Carriage Works were considered the best electric trains. They were truly cutting edge. The inventor of the trolleybus train, Vladimir Veklich, had an internship at the Riga plant.
33. Double-decker trolleybus YATB-3
From 1939 to 1953, Moscow had double-decker trolleybuses from the Yaroslavl Automobile Plant YATB-3. Most residents former USSR This trolleybus is familiar from the film “The Foundling”, in which it appears in one of the episodes, and in the 1947 film “Spring” both cars that survived the war are simultaneously shown in the frame. Also found in a scene in the film "Happy Flight".
34. Electric razor “Kharkov”
Iconic Soviet electric razor with trimmer Kharkov 109. Its circulation amounted to more than 30 million pieces. The razor operated from current sources with different ranges. That is why it was indispensable on business trips and long trips.
35. Vest
The vest appeared among sailors long before the USSR, but it was in the Soviet Union that the vest became more than a vest - from sailors it migrated to the wardrobe of paratroopers. The official premiere of vests with blue stripes occurred during the Prague events of August 1968: it was the Soviet paratroopers in striped sweatshirts who played a decisive role in ending the Prague Spring.
36. Padded jacket
The USSR authorities saw the quilted jacket as an ideal garment that was functional for both work and war. In 1932, padded jackets actually became uniform for the White Sea Canal builders.
In the 1930s, quilted jackets began to make their way through cinema. For example, in cult film“Chapaev” in quilted jackets is sported by Anka and Petka, thereby demonstrating the “versatility” of this clothing.
Great Patriotic War turned the padded jacket into a real cult, making it the clothing of winners.
37. Flashlight “Bug”
Almost every family had such electrodynamic flashlights. Ergonomic and practically eternal - you only have time to change the light bulb. Before use, the dynamo handle was removed from the safety lock, which, coupled with the decent weight of the flashlight, gave the feeling of a weapon in the hands. The best thing to do is go into a dark basement with disturbing music.
38. Tear-off calendar
Soviet tear-off calendars gave a feeling of celebration. Every day. Memorable events were celebrated there, chess studies and reprints of paintings were published. The length of the day and the time of dawn and sunset were also noted. It was also convenient to take notes on calendars.
Retro (also retro style; retro style from the Latin Retro “back”, “turned to the past”, “retrospective”) is a rather abstract art-historical term used to describe various categories of antique things that have a certain cultural and/or material value, and, as a rule, not often found in modern Everyday life with its deliberate practicality and desire to get rid of “extra” details.
Let's take a step back in time and remember some really wonderful things! In this antique 1941 section you can recall things from the USSR that we used and that surrounded us.
In the post-war period in the USSR there was an interesting rich life with simple toys, similar to communist attributes. People, for the most part with selfless faith in the happy bright future of developed socialism, rejoiced even in little things... Now the antique 1941 USSR goods presented in our catalog often evoke a smile, nostalgia and good memories.
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On our website Antik1941 you can buy real Soviet vintage items with a quality mark.
Various retro and vintage goods are widely represented: ashtrays and cigarette cases, abacus and calculators, cameras and measuring instruments, cabinet busts and clocks, antique piggy banks and boxes, and many other household items: boxes, hangers, corkscrews, locks, coasters, cutlery, children's Christmas decorations.
Original souvenirs of the 80 Olympics
Particularly worth noting are the souvenirs of the 1980 Olympics, such as porcelain figurines with an Olympic bear. After all, if you think about it, more than a decade has passed since then! Products from the past are like instant travel back in time. They bear signs of another era, recall long-past events, revive forgotten experiences and special feelings. For many, Soviet times are carefree childhood, hot youth, exciting youth.
Most of the lots presented are items in excellent condition, a considerable number of which are real rarities.
Soviet porcelain is great love not only real collectors, but also lovers of the VINTAGE style, people who understand exclusive, truly high-quality and rare things. Connoisseurs of antiquity especially appreciate porcelain, made in the USSR by the hands of famous craftsmen. Soviet porcelain They are collected not only in Russia and the CIS countries, but throughout the world. Things, household and interior items made in Soviet times, today are of interest to many people as historical objects. After all, antiques reflect the history of the country and a bygone era...
There are still many people who remember life during the Soviet era. From those times there remain many habits and things that next generations They simply won’t be able to understand, because to do this they would have to live in completely different conditions. Do you recognize them or will these things be a discovery for you?
1. Yeast tea mushroom
At some point, jars and bottles of tea and milk mushrooms became firmly established in Soviet kitchens.
At first, the housewives tried by hook or by crook to get the treasured piece, and then, as the pet grew, they began to look for places to house the multiplied miracle.
This invention was not new; kombucha was known back in Ancient China, but in the USSR the drink obtained from it was simply credited with miraculous properties. True, doctors have never been able to find these healing properties...
2. Carpets on the walls
In the USSR, it was practically impossible to find a house that did not have at least one carpet hanging on the wall.
Traditionally, this interior detail was supposed to be located on the floor, but in Soviet houses the carpet took root firmly on the walls.
It’s difficult to say where this tradition came from, but there was also a benefit from it - and sound and heat insulation in apartments was not at its best at that time. high level. So carpets somewhat solved this issue.
3. Siphon for sparkling water
These soda siphons were very popular throughout Europe even before World War II.
Over time, the device moved to Soviet Union, allowing you to make soda right at home.
The especially talented ones even managed to add gas to vodka. The siphon received this application during the fight against drunkenness at the dawn of perestroika.
4. Mittens with a string or elastic band
Any thing in the USSR was highly valued, because most goods could not simply be bought, they had to be obtained.
So even children had no right to lose good woolen mittens. So this simple design took root - the mittens were connected with an elastic band and then threaded through the sleeves along the back of the outerwear.
5. Queue number
The line for shortages was endless. To get to the treasured goods, you had to stand in the same line for days, resolve conflicts like “you weren’t standing here,” etc.
Here they came up with the idea of writing numbers on your hands, meeting regularly, choosing a senior person in line, who kept a record of those standing, crossed out those who did not show up on time to check in, etc.
6. String bag
The inspiration for the appearance and wide distribution of this accessory was the same total shortage. It is unknown when and where something worthwhile will come across and you must always be prepared in the best pioneer traditions.
This is where the string bag came to the rescue - a mesh bag, durable, light, compact and at the same time incredibly roomy.
By the way, you could also do it yourself.
7. Collection of recyclable materials
A traditional event in the USSR was the collection of waste paper and scrap metal.
In schools, classes regularly competed in the amount collected.
Handing in waste paper also made it possible to obtain coupons for buying books. For example, the collected works of Alexandre Dumas required 20 kg of old paper. There was glass container too in a profitable way improve your well-being.
8. Sausage trains
Products could be obtained mainly in major cities, on the periphery before the holidays it was problematic to find something “tasty”.
Therefore, the first shopping tours to cities for sausage and other delicacies were organized.
9. Red lantern in the bathroom
People in the USSR loved to take photographs. But developing and printing photos in professional studios was too expensive and not that interesting.
Therefore, every amateur photographer mastered the intricacies of developing films and printing photographs, and the bathroom or kitchen periodically turned into a darkroom with red light, developers, fixers, films and wet photographs.
10. Music on X-rays(Music on bones, or as it was also called “on turtles”, “on ribs”)
In the USSR, not every genre of music was officially permitted.
There were lists of corrupting and imperialist groups and performers. It was almost impossible to get a record of jazz or rock and roll.
But the people found a way out here too. The record was re-recorded onto used films from X-ray machines. This was real music on the bones!
Let's start with what no Soviet person could do without! Matches!
This product of the Balabanovsky experimental factory at the price of 1 kopeck per box truly was and remains a product not even of the first, but of the highest necessity, although... Of course there are lighters, and the stove already knows how to light itself, and sometimes at night, without finding matches and lighters, I light a cigarette from her! And this trick is not entirely safe... But all it takes is a match... By the way, the now widespread disposable lighters were terribly valued, even empty ones were not lost in the USSR - a valve was cut into them and reused. There were two reasons - firstly, Soviet gas lighters worked worse than modern Chinese ones, and secondly, it was simply “fashionable”...
Here's another essential item. By the way, when any cataclysm occurs, Matches and Needles instantly become in terrible short supply. This is by the way, don’t take it as alarmism...
Of course, you can tell me: “What about salt?” and you'll be absolutely right, I just have
there is no photograph of a pack of salt from those years for 7 kopecks. - stone PO 10 - "extra" - per pack! Matches, Needles and Salt!
There is a similar modern one: the one on the left...
but then, after she took all my pockets, I started living the old fashioned way - with change in my pockets!
So, "Coin Box"
And now Another item, without which a normal Soviet person would not go shopping.
This is Avoska! True, I didn’t like it and tried in every possible way to replace it with plastic bags...
A universal stick - a lifesaver when shopping. Almost inoperative
does not take up much space, and when used, it stretches to incredible sizes.
A little about the history of the name (if anyone doesn’t know). In the early sixties, when the country began
process of food shortages, Arkady Isaakovich Raikin went on stage with this mesh and
explained: “What is this Avoska mesh! Perhaps something will be thrown away for sale and where will it be thrown away?
There’s always a place to put it!” By the way, Avoska has another important aspect of its use - combat!
A couple or three cans of any canned food in a metal packaging carelessly thrown into the String Bag
turn it, in skillful hands, into a terrible weapon in any fight...
Other disposable nonsense like cups like these were also valued...
And how were the bags valued... Firstly, even a cheap T-shirt cost a ruble, and any bag with handles cost 3,
and if the picture on it is beautiful, then as much as 5...
Girls walked around with bags like they used to wear Vuittons today...
The bags were taken care of, washed and washed, even simple packaging...
Unfortunately, the bags are a disposable item, so they were not preserved.
Well, now I ask you to love and favor! The first (and, I must say, the most reliable)
trading computer! In the early 90s, foreign tourists eagerly bought them... But what about the rarity...
Abacus! To be precise in the name "Office Abacus"! Real craftsmen
they counted on them with such speed that it seemed incomprehensible to the mind.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find photographs of those “children’s” accounts, but all their differences from
It was large in size and nothing else.
Yes, there were Bukhs at that time. Imagine the annual account balance...
However, there was also mechanization - from the simplest Felix
Which I had to master because it seemed to cost 15 rubles
And the Soviet-made calculator is like this:
As much as 220 rubles in 1979... So I learned to count on Felix...
And to the “bystritsa”...(this is the same Felix, but with a motor)
And even before Iskra. But this is already the end of the 80s, my first PC...
I was especially pleased with the red reset button on the keyboard...
We mocked the secretaries and put the signature “any key” on it...
And here is another one of the main food products, or rather the container for it.
Milk! Kefir! Curdled milk! Acidophilus! And all in a glass bottle!
With a lid made of multi-colored foil...
White - milk, green - kefir, golden - fermented baked milk...
And she is a treasure in herself! The price of an empty container is 15 kopecks! A pack of cigarettes, damn it!
A pack of Prima for 14 kopecks and a box of matches!
Thus, having handed over the empty dishes, it was possible to buy something.
This also applied to wine and beer bottles, which cost from 12 to 20 kopecks per
depending on the volume, then it seems that in 1983 everything began to cost the same 20 kopecks.
There was even a joke. What is the derivative of booze? - drinking for returned dishes!
So a good drink is one in which the second derivative is not equal to zero!
True, there were also triangular bags, but they were always leaking,
and later by the 80s tetra packs appeared...
Now let's go to the grocery store and go to the meat department and we will be immediately greeted by...
Wrong! Not meat, but this poster!
There was exactly the same poster about lamb and pork. And now standing in front of an almost empty storefront
you started to quietly go crazy... You saw juicy chops from the sirloin of beef, or shish kebab
from a young lamb, or, well, roast pork...
And leaving the store with a “soup set”, you trudged home with a half-empty string bag!
It’s just like the sad joke of those years. There is no meat in the “meat”, and there is no fish in the “fish”...
And you can’t say that you don’t have money! Well, yes, you are not a millionaire, but in almost every Soviet
the family had this little gray book! Or even several, and during the Gaidar shock
a lot of people got burned with them... Until the very end they believed in the savings bank...
And in the USSR it was a way to save up for something worthwhile. It's no secret that when
Money can easily be put somewhere (under linen in a closet, in a jar on the mezzanine, in a book
on a bookshelf, etc. etc.), then you get them from there as soon as you want them!
Another thing is the savings book...
While you go to the savings bank with her and stand in line, you see that the desire to spend has disappeared...
I suggest you leave the store and look, for example, at the Pharmacy!
I think that in terms of the number of customers, pharmacies are not inferior to stores, and there were years when
pharmacies and superior. For example, during the years of the anti-alcohol struggle!
All sorts of penny coins instantly disappeared from pharmacy shelves. alcohol tinctures
and then it was his turn...
Well of course it's him! Handsome "Triple"! Well, if there were ladies, then they took some kind of “Lilac”
And here is the famous tooth powder. Who knew that it acts on the teeth like an abrasive stone!?
But with his help, I polished the belt buckle until it shined!
For the sake of truth, I will say that during my childhood it was sold not in a metal box, but in a cardboard box.
Soviet pharmacies also sold a “drug addict’s dream” kit.
Ephedrine - please, solutan - as much as you want and absolutely "codeine with terpin hydrate" ...
True, in the early 80s the latter was banned...
Well, now about the saint! About sex! They say that there was no sex in the USSR! Bullshit!
There was also sex, but it was fraught with difficulties...
That's actually why soviet man to heroically overcome them!
In dorms - raids, in hotels, in one room - according to your passport,
the housing issue was no less, but more severe than now,
so if you want to “live”, be able to move around...
There were even condoms!
So, it was “rubber” that they called the unsightly product No. 2 of the Bakovsky plant
rubber products, the first product seemed to be a gas mask...
“Rubber” was just enough, but this is Bakovka’s work, generously sprinkled with talcum powder
and with the characteristic smell of galoshes, as a rule, it did not cause much joy.
Of course, sometimes someone was “lucky” and got a product “from there”.
Legends about all kinds of colors, designs and bells and whistles were passed on from mouth to mouth.
But for the majority of the population of our homeland, “rubber” remained.
Closer to the 80s, other products from the same manufacturer appeared - “electronically tested”:
So! Let's go outside. Let's go out and go to retail places.
Retail bloomed in summer. What do you want most? summer day?
Well, of course - drink! And this is where His Majesty Kvass comes to the rescue!
I think that there is not a single person who would not love this wonderful drink,
even if he is “barrel”...
12 kopecks for a liter, 6 kopecks for a “large” half-liter mug and 3 kopecks for a “small” 250 gram mug.
The mugs are glass, of course, and they are rinsed right there - so don’t be afraid - maybe it will blow over...
The same mugs in all the pubs...
Those who were particularly squeamish carried mugs with them, some drank from half-liter jars...
But kvass has an undoubted competitor - Her Highness Soda!
The picture shows wonderful machines selling sparkling water from the Kharkov plant.
3 kopecks with syrup and 1 kopeck “pure”. The machines changed, but the price did not.
The machines had faceted glasses.
We washed them ourselves...
And another leader in street sales is their Excellency Beer! Barrel!
However, closer to the 80s, beer barrels in Moscow disappeared and were replaced by stationary stalls
and semi-automatic beer houses.
BUT so that there is no queue? I suspect that this is the so-called. "staged" photo!
But such machines were usually found in large organizations
or in specialized automatic cafes.
But all good things come to an end... Summer ends and the barrels are sent to warehouses,
and the machines are being “mothballed”...
Let's take a rest too... And this is for fun
The question is, how much did these cigarettes cost and what did people call them?
