Cold War Posted on Thursday March 20th, 2025 by ivan The Cold War was a period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II (1947–1991). During this period,...
Pioneers Posted on Wednesday March 19th, 2025 by ivan The Pioneers were members of the Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union, a socialist organization for children aged 9 to 14 from 1922 to...
Legendary tape recorder Legend Posted on Monday March 17th, 2025 by ivan There were quite a few similar tape recorders in the USSR. But this was the one I had. And no one bought it for...
Audio equipment made in USSR Posted on Thursday March 13th, 2025 by ivan Once, as a child, I went to the Melodiya store to look at all the musical equipment on sale. Melodiya is a record store...
Shortage in the USSR Posted on Wednesday March 12th, 2025 by ivan In the USSR, shortages were particularly noticeable in the period from the 1970s to the 1980s. This was caused by possibly ineffective economic planning....
Cassettes Posted on Sunday March 9th, 2025 by ivan 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...
School ensemble Posted on Wednesday March 5th, 2025 by ivan 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 Posted on Tuesday March 4th, 2025 by ivan 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...