Queuing for alcohol in the late Soviet Union (1990s)

    by DreamyHex

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    1. looking back at this cheerful faces of this young heatlhy soviet woman brings joy to my heart

    2. SmokedMessias on

      Russia.

      Makes nothing of value. At all.

      Producing nothing, but misery and booze.

      Does nothing but oppress their own people, and antagonize other countries.

      Should have taken control over that shit-hole of a country right after the Soviet’s fall.

      Well, it’s never too late.

    3. For those who don’t understand what’s happening in the photo,
      this is the late USSR, with a total shortage of goods.
      Sometimes you’d go into a store
      and there they’d have bread, mineral water, and, for some reason, pickled seaweed in tins.
      And that’s it.
      No other goods.
      Vodka (and other alcohol) was the main currency used to pay for household services
      and one can convert them into many other goods.

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