Cassettes
the Unsplash License They say (on the Internet) that in 1967 the first cassette tapes for tape recorders appeared in the Soviet Union. Well, I...
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School ensemble
In the late 80s, my friends and I decided to put together a musical group. As the song goes, “school ensemble.” Vocal and instrumental....
Speakers Moscow 80
Speakers (Acoustic system) 10AC-9 were produced by the Riga Radio Plant named after A.S. Popov. It was produced since 1978. The release was timed...
Exercise equipment (rocking chairs)
The USSR had many gyms where people could exercise and maintain their health. During the Soviet era, from the 1950s to the 1990s, gyms...
Games in the USSR: Classics, Knives, Scrabble, Gorodki, Sea Battle.
In the USSR, games were not just entertainment, but also a means of education. The country created a whole system of children’s games that...
Soda machines
You can’t do without this attribute of the USSR. For some reason, it is considered to be the most striking and typical thing from...
October stars
An Octobrist is a child who joined the “Oktyabryata” organization. This was the first step in the communist hierarchy. Next came the Pioneers, then...
What TV shows did children grow up watching in the USSR?
As is well known, there was no Internet in the USSR. There were no social networks, YouTubes, or TikToks. And the main way of...