Ice cream and soda whenever you want
In the USSR, ice cream and soda were always available everywhere. In every store, on every corner, you could find an ice cream kiosk...
Author Archives: S_Pavlov
Postcards
Postcards were one of the most popular souvenirs and correspondence items in the USSR. They were not only a means of communication between people,...
Products – symbols of the USSR. Tea with an elephant, milk in triangular bags, Druzhba cheese
The basis of the Soviet people’s diet was: bread, potatoes and other vegetables, buckwheat and pearl barley, canned goods, fish. In their vegetable gardens,...
Train explosion in Arzamas
On June 4, 1988, a powerful explosion occurred at a railroad crossing in Arzamas. Such a huge mushroom of fire rose into the sky...
Prices in the USSR
As in any other country, prices in the USSR depended on many factors. However, due to the planned economy and the lack of market...
Nikolay Ozerov
Nikolay Ozerov (1922-1997) was a Soviet commentator, famous for his sports commentary on television. He was one of the first commentators in the USSR...
Stalls
Stalls in the USSR were independent small retail outlets located on the streets, in the entrances of buildings, at markets and in other places....
Barbarossa plan
Operation Barbarossa was a master plan for an attack on the Soviet Union, developed in 1941 by the German military. It proposed launching a...