Gorky city
The city of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) is located on the Volga River, 400 km east of Moscow. It was founded in 1221 and...
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Soviet money
In the Soviet economy, the monetary units were rubles. All transactions were made in the national currency – rubles. In 1991, the USSR collapsed,...
Communal apartments
Kommunalkas in the USSR were multi-family apartment buildings where several families lived in one room, sharing a kitchen and bathroom. They became common after...