Shortage in the USSR
In the USSR, shortages were particularly noticeable in the period from the 1970s to the 1980s. This was caused by possibly ineffective economic planning....
Category: Trade
GUM
GUM (Glavnyy Universal’nyy Magazin) was one of the most famous shopping malls in the USSR. It was located on Red Square in Moscow and...
Coca Cola, Fanta, Pepsi Cola in the USSR
Coca-Cola, Fanta, and Pepsi-Cola were rare in the USSR from the 1920s to the 1980s. Instead, Soviet imitations of these famous drinks were popular...
Queue
In the Soviet Union, queues were common in many areas of life. For example, people had to stand in line for food, clothing, shoes,...
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...
Queues
In the USSR they used to say that the whole country was standing in lines. There were different types of lines that caused many...
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,...
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....