Filmstrips
Filmstrips are projections of images on a screen through a filmstrip projector. In the USSR, filmstrips were very popular in the 60s and 70s...
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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...
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...
Wedding in the USSR
A wedding in the USSR was one of the most vivid and memorable events in the life of newlyweds. In the USSR, weddings were...
Samantha Smith and Katya Lycheva
Samantha Smith was an American high school student who visited the Soviet Union in 1983 as part of an international cultural exchange program. Her...
Trucks of the USSR
In the USSR, trucks were produced mainly at the GAZ, KAMAZ, Ural, ZIL, MAZ, KrAZ and BELAZ plants. These plants produced various models from...
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don was one of the important cities of the USSR. In the early years of the USSR, the city developed as an important industrial,...