Waste Paper and Scrap Metal in the USSR
The waste paper and scrap metal collection system in the USSR was a unique socio-economic phenomenon. It was not just a method of waste...
Category: Economy
Shuttles
Following Boris Yeltsin’s decree known as “On Free Trade,” a sudden flood of foreign goods began to enter the country. Along with imported goods,...
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,...
Stakhanovite movement
The Stakhanovite movement was a movement that formed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s. It is named after Alexei Stakhanov, who in 1935...