The history of the USSR is controversial, but there are advantages and disadvantages at all times in the world history. People in the Soviet Union were mostly happy.

It was possible to buy a soft drink for 3 pennies.

Minsk, 1980.

A child and his dad are buying milk. Novokuznetsk, 1983.
In a queue for milk. Moscow, 90s.

Boys are watching a man repairing his car.

Winter festives.

Bubbles – happy moments from the childhood.

Rural school, 1976.

Young people spend time together.

The most tasty water!

Winter.

Soviet ice-cream, really tasty.

Yes, the ice cream was then really delicious, and most importantly – it was natural…

“Erasers” was the most popular game of Soviet schoolgirls!

This is a yard “gang”. Probably they are deciding what to play.

Signed purchase! Buy a black and white or, if you’re lucky, a color TV was considered a real success.

Ordinary rural shop.

Trade on the street: that day the vegetable base “threw out” the cabbage.

Working day at the farm: milkmaids during the lunch break are discussing the latest news.

In large cities, the population was given manicurist services …

Kindergarten. In the nursery group there is replenishment: the baby in good hands, his mother can safely go to work.

Pioneer camp: young pioneers during lunch.

Street telephones. In Soviet times in big cities telephone booths stood on the streets. In the villages such luxury was only in the post offices.

A real foreign car on the street of one of the Soviet cities aroused genuine interest among passers-by.

“Peace, Labor, May”. A parade in Kiev, the capital of the Ukrainian SSR.