During the existence of the Soviet Union, these things were well known to every citizen. They became a kind of hallmark of the USSR.
Icebreaker Arktika
The USSR was famous for its icebreakers. One of the best was the nuclear icebreaker Arktika. It was launched in 1975 and was considered the largest of all existing at that time: its width was 30 meters, length - 148 meters, and the height of the side - more than 17 meters. The Arktika became the first ship to reach the North Pole.
Satellite
The first artificial satellite. PS1 (the simplest satellite) looked stylish: a shiny ball (diameter 58 cm) with four antennas (2.9 and 2.4 meters). He weighed 83.6 kilograms. The word "Sputnik" has become international, and the profile of "Sputnik" is still unmistakable.
Spaceship "Vostok"
Yuri Gagarin went into space on it. This is already enough to call Vostok legendary. The Soviet industry produced models of the Vostok spacecraft for children, and adults pinned a badge with its image on the lapel of their jacket.
AK-47
AK 47 is a living legend. It took first place in the list of the most significant inventions of the 20th century according to the French magazine "Liberation" and 4th place in the list of "50 products that changed the world" according to Playboy magazine. The name "Kalash" in Africa is called children, the machine gun is depicted on the state flags of four states (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, East Timor) and on the coat of arms of Mozambique.
Tank T-34
The T-34 tank deservedly became one of the symbols of the Victory. This is the only medium tank, from the cannon of which, during the war, Hero of Russia A.M. Fadin shot down an enemy aircraft in flight. The Thirty-Four is the most economical tank in terms of fuel consumption, as well as the most massive tank in the world: over 58,000 T-34 tanks were produced in the USSR in 1940-1946 alone.
Lunokhod
The Lunokhod was the fruit of the creative thought of the Soviet design engineer Georgy Babakin and his team. The first Lunokhod in history had eight wheels, and each of them had its own drive, which provided the device with all-terrain qualities. It was a real "miracle of technology", shredded with first-class equipment.
"Meteor"
Winged "Meteors" and "Rockets", designed by designer Rostislav Alekseev, were the fastest ships of the USSR. The famous pilot Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail Devyatayev became the first captain of the Meteor, who during the war years was able to escape from captivity by hijacking an enemy bomber.
Ekranoplan
The Lun ekranoplan, which was tested in 1985, was a real machine of the future. For its firepower, it was dubbed the "carrier killer". The ekranoplan was one of the largest aircraft ever produced.
Rocket "Satan"
The Americans called the Soviet strategic missile system R-36M "Satan" for a reason. In 1973, this missile became the most powerful ballistic system ever developed. Not a single missile defense system was able to withstand the SS-18, the radius of which was 10,000 kilometers
Commander's watch
If the machine, then "Kalashnikov", if the watch, then "Commander". Initially, "commander's" watches were called award watches, which could be awarded for a feat. Already after the war, "Commander's" watches began to be made at the Chistopol Watch Factory.
Vacuum cleaner "Whirlwind"
In addition to the stylish design, the Whirlwind vacuum cleaners also differed from others in their incredible power. Until now, "Whirlwinds" are many in the dachas and are used to clean up even industrial waste.
"Belaz"
BelAZ-540 was one of the best mining dump trucks in the world. This giant became the first owner of the Quality Mark and was a real breakthrough in technological thought. It was the first car with hydropneumatic wheel suspension, produced in the USSR, combined hydraulic power steering and body lift.
Stechkin pistol
"Stechkin" is still one of the most respected pistol connoisseurs. It was put into service in December 1951 and had no analogues in the world for a whole decade. Stechkin fell in love not only in the USSR. Fidel Castro slept with "Stechkin" under his pillow, loved this gun and Che Guevara.
Orbital station "Mir"
The Soviet designers of the Mir orbital station showed the whole world what a comic house-laboratory should look like. Mir has been in orbit for 15 years. 135 cosmonauts from 11 countries of the world visited the station. Nearly 17,000 scientific experiments have been carried out in the unique space laboratory. There were almost 12 tons of scientific equipment alone at the station.
PPSh
PPSh-41 during the Great Patriotic War was the most popular and famous submachine gun in the USSR. The creator of this legendary weapon, which the soldiers lovingly called "daddy", was the gunsmith Georgy Shpagin. In the post-war period, it was produced in North Korea. One of the first Korean PPSh (variant with a disk magazine) was presented to Stalin in 1949 for his 70th birthday.
"Zenith"
These iconic cameras were produced at the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant. "Zenith" series E became the most massive SLR camera in the world. And in 1979 the prestigious British magazine What camera? recognized Zenit EM as the best camera of the year.
Tu - 144
"Soviet Concorde", the first supersonic aircraft that carried passengers. Unfortunately, the Tu-144 did not fly for a long time. Due to two disasters on June 1, 1978, Aeroflot stopped passenger air transportation of the Tu-144. But in the early 1990s, the Tu-144 worked for NASA as a flying laboratory.
"Gull"
The most beautiful car of the Soviet Union, the "Seagull" was the most massive Soviet executive car. In terms of its external appearance, the car was a compilation of design solutions from the American automobile industry, the so-called fin style, or “Detroit Baroque”.
Tear-off calendar
Soviet tear-off calendars gave a sense of celebration. Every day. Memorable events were celebrated there, chess studies and reprints of paintings were published. The length of the day and the times of sunrise and sunset were also noted. It was also convenient to take notes on calendars.
Tarpaulin boots
Tarpaulin boots are more than shoes. Ivan Plotnikov, who set up their production before the war, received the Stalin Prize. By the end of the war, 10 million Soviet soldiers were wearing tarpaulin boots. After the war, everyone wore "kirzachs" - from old people to schoolchildren.
Footcloths
Well, what kind of kirzachi without footcloths!
Footcloths are inextricably linked with "kirzachs". In terms of practicality, they will give socks a head start: footcloths do not roll on the heel; if they get wet, they can be wrapped with the other side, they wear out less, in cold weather you can wrap two footcloths, laying newspapers between them for warmth.
Telogreyka
The authorities of the USSR saw in the padded jacket the ideal clothing that is functional both for work and for war. In 1932, quilted jackets actually become uniforms for the builders of the White Sea Canal. In the 1930s, quilted jackets begin to move through the cinema. For example, in the cult film "Chapaev" Anka and Petka flaunt in quilted jackets, thereby demonstrating the "universality" of this clothing. The Great Patriotic War turned the quilted jacket into a real cult, making it the clothes of the winners.
Vest
The sailors had a vest long before the USSR, but it was in the Soviet Union that the vest became more than a vest - from the sailors it migrated to the wardrobe of the paratroopers. The official premiere of the blue striped vests took place during the events in Prague in August 1968: it was the Soviet paratroopers in striped jerseys that played the decisive role in ending the Prague Spring.
Budenovka
Budenovka was called both "Frunzenka" and "hero". The top of the Budyonovka was jokingly called the "brain outlet". It was introduced as part of the winter uniform of the Red Army in 1919. Until 1940, Budyonovka invariably correlated with the fighters of the Red Army, but after the Finnish War it was replaced by a hat with earflaps.
Belt with buckle
A polished belt badge is the main fetish of the Soviet sailor and soldier and an object for applied life hacks. For example, buckles were sharpened, cherkashi from boxes were attached to them, with the help of these plaques they shaved. Belts with buckles were indispensable during fights.
Motorcycle "Ural"
Ural is the king of Soviet motorcycles. Reliable, heavy, passable. The history of the Urals from the late 30s until 1964 was the history of a military motorcycle. Even when the motorcycle began to be sold to the townsfolk, the owner of the Ural was obliged to register with the military, and the traffic police forbade using a motorcycle without a sidecar.
Trading scales
Tumbler
Everything ingenious is simple. The roly-poly was the main children's toy for several generations of Soviet children. She taught children resilience. Those who were coming out of the age of playing with her used a tumbler to create a "smoke".
Faceted glass
Soviet faceted glasses, made using a special technology, could literally crack nuts. The appearance of the "border" in is associated with Vera Mukhina. Allegedly, the design of the glass was developed by her in 1943 in besieged Leningrad, where Mukhina headed the Art Glass Workshop.
Pedal "Moskvich"
The dream of any Soviet boy. Almost a real car, only the pedal drive. The main thing was not to adopt the skills of such pressure on the pedals in adulthood. You won't get far.
String bag
Although we associate the shopping bag with the USSR, it was invented by the Czech Vavrzhin Krchil at the end of the 19th century. However, it was in the Union that the string bag became a cult item. It is believed that the name "string bag" was invented in the 1930s by the writer Vladimir Polyakov. Avoski differed in compactness and spaciousness. In winter, food was often hung in them outside the windows. And then the thieves cut off the shopping bags from the windows.
Flashlight "Bug"
Such electrodynamic flashlights were in almost every family. Ergonomic and almost eternal - you only have time to change the light bulb. Before use, the handle of the dynamo machine was removed from the fuse, which, coupled with the decent weight of the lantern, gave the feeling of a weapon in the hands. The best thing is to go to a dark basement with disturbing music.
A device for burning
Every Soviet boy dreamed of having a burning device. It was almost a soldering iron, but it was still necessary to grow up to a soldering iron. Many models of devices were supplied with a set of needles of different sizes, so the child's fantasies were limited only by the size of the board on which he was going to burn the pattern.
passbook
The debit with the credit was reduced by the Soviet people according to the Savings Book. It was perhaps the most important book in the house. They kept savings on it, they put it in a bag, and a bag in another bag. As long as nothing leaks. But then came perestroika and the summer of 1991.
Gas water devices
On April 16, 1937, the first sparkling water machine was installed in the Smolny canteen. Later, automatic weapons began to appear in Moscow, and then throughout the Union. Just sparkling water cost one penny, sparkling water with syrup was sold for three pennies. The cups were reusable, they were simply rinsed with a jet of water.
And yet, the boys drilled a hole in a 3-kopeck coin, tied a thread and “milked” the machines, the record reached several tens of glasses of soda, until the machine swallowed the bait.
Badges
Everyone in the USSR had badges. They were worn by Octobrists, pioneers, Komsomol members, party members, athletes and ordinary workers. The badges were issued for memorable dates, for the anniversaries of general secretaries, for holidays. They were convertible currencies. Valuable badges were valued dearly.
The USSR no longer exists, but the memory of the legendary things of that era is still alive. From the Tu-144 aircraft to the pedal Moskvich and the shopping bag.
1. Tu - 144
"Soviet Concorde", the first supersonic aircraft that carried passengers. Unfortunately, the Tu-144 did not fly for a long time. Due to two disasters on June 1, 1978, Aeroflot stopped passenger air transportation of the Tu-144.
But in the early 1990s, the Tu-144 worked for NASA as a flying laboratory.
2. Satellite
The first artificial satellite. PS1 (the simplest satellite) looked stylish: a shiny ball (diameter 58 cm) with four antennas (2.9 and 2.4 meters). He weighed 83.6 kilograms.
The word "Sputnik" has become international, and the profile of "Sputnik" is still unmistakable.
3. Lunokhod
The Lunokhod was the fruit of the creative thought of the Soviet design engineer Georgy Babakin and his team. The first Lunokhod in history had eight wheels, and each of them had its own drive, which provided the device with all-terrain qualities. It was a real "miracle of technology", shredded with first-class equipment.
4. AK-47
AK 47 is a living legend. It took first place in the list of the most significant inventions of the 20th century according to the French magazine "Liberation" and 4th place in the list of "50 products that changed the world" according to Playboy magazine.
The name "Kalash" in Africa is called children, the machine gun is depicted on the state flags of four states (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, East Timor) and on the coat of arms of Mozambique.
5. Spaceship "Vostok"
Yuri Gagarin went into space on it. This is already enough to call Vostok legendary. The Soviet industry produced models of the Vostok spacecraft for children, and adults pinned a badge with its image on the lapel of their jacket.
6. Orbital station "Mir"
The Soviet designers of the Mir orbital station showed the whole world what a comic house-laboratory should look like. Mir has been in orbit for 15 years. 135 cosmonauts from 11 countries of the world visited the station. Nearly 17,000 scientific experiments have been carried out in the unique space laboratory. There were almost 12 tons of scientific equipment alone at the station.
7. PPSh
PPSh-41 during the Great Patriotic War was the most popular and famous submachine gun in the USSR. The creator of this legendary weapon, which the soldiers lovingly called "daddy", was the gunsmith Georgy Shpagin.
In the post-war period, it was produced in North Korea. One of the first Korean PPSh (variant with a disk magazine) was presented to Stalin in 1949 for his 70th birthday.
8. Tank T-34
The T-34 tank deservedly became one of the symbols of the Victory. This is the only medium tank, from the cannon of which, during the war, Hero of Russia A.M. Fadin shot down an enemy aircraft in flight. The Thirty-Four is the most economical tank in terms of fuel consumption, as well as the most massive tank in the world: over 58,000 T-34 tanks were produced in the USSR in 1940-1946 alone.
9. Faceted glass
Soviet faceted glasses, made using a special technology, could literally crack nuts. The appearance of the "border" in the USSR is associated with Vera Mukhina. Allegedly, the design of the glass was developed by her in 1943 in besieged Leningrad, where Mukhina headed the Art Glass Workshop.
10. Zenith
These iconic cameras were produced at the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant. "Zenith" series E became the most massive SLR camera in the world. And in 1979 the prestigious British magazine What camera? recognized Zenit EM as the best camera of the year.
11. Ekranoplan
The Lun ekranoplan, which was tested in 1985, was a real machine of the future. For its firepower, it was dubbed the "carrier killer". The ekranoplan was one of the largest aircraft ever produced.
12. Commander's watch
If the machine, then "Kalashnikov", if the watch, then "Commander". Initially, "commander's" watches were called award watches, which could be awarded for a feat. Already after the war, "Commander's" watches began to be made at the Chistopol Watch Factory.
13. Seagull
The most beautiful car of the Soviet Union, the "Seagull" was the most massive Soviet executive car. In terms of its external appearance, the car was a compilation of design solutions from the American automobile industry, the so-called fin style, or “Detroit Baroque”.
14. ZAZ 965. "Hunchbacked"
ZAZ 965 was a real "people's car". In its production, the Italian Fiat 600 was taken as the basis. "Hunchback" was a star, he starred in such films as "Three plus two", "Queen of the gas station" and many others. A “humpback” appeared even in the cartoons “Just you wait” and “Vacation in Prostokvashino”.
15. Badges
Everyone in the USSR had badges. They were worn by Octobrists, pioneers, Komsomol members, party members, athletes and ordinary workers. The badges were issued for memorable dates, for the anniversaries of general secretaries, for holidays. They were convertible currencies. Valuable badges were valued dearly.
16. VAZ 2101. "Penny"
VAZ 2101, "Kopeyka" - a legendary car. The Italian Fiat 124 was taken as the prototype of the first Zhiguli model. The Kopeyka was a favorite car not only in the Soviet Union, but also in the countries of the socialist bloc. In Cuba, to this day, "penny limousines" are used as fixed-route taxis. In 2000, the magazine "Za Rulem" recognized the VAZ 2101 as "the best Russian car of the century."
17. "Belaz"
BelAZ-540 was one of the best mining dump trucks in the world. This giant became the first owner of the Quality Mark and was a real breakthrough in technological thought. It was the first car produced in the USSR with hydropneumatic wheel suspension, combined power steering and body lift hydraulic systems.
18. Batteries "Planet"
Flat batteries "Planet" not only powered various portable devices, but were also a must-have for every Soviet child. From above, they were usually sealed with a strip of paper with the inscription “If you didn’t check it, don’t open it,” and you could check them only by opening them - with your tongue, if it stings, then it’s good.
19. Battery
Another source of power, the battery, was of interest to the Soviet children for completely different reasons. His suitability for the job was unimportant. Lead plates were important, which easily melted and turned into handicrafts - from brass knuckles to amulets.
20. "Meteor"
Winged "Meteors" and "Rockets", designed by designer Rostislav Alekseev, were the fastest ships of the USSR. The famous pilot Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail Devyatayev became the first captain of the Meteor, who during the war years was able to escape from captivity by hijacking an enemy bomber.
21. Tumbler
Everything ingenious is simple. The roly-poly was the main children's toy for several generations of Soviet children. She taught children resilience. Those who were coming out of the age of playing with her used a tumbler to create a "smoke".
22. Avoska
Although we associate the shopping bag with the USSR, it was invented by the Czech Vavrzhin Krchil at the end of the 19th century. However, it was in the Union that the string bag became a cult item. It is believed that the name "string bag" was invented in the 1930s by the writer Vladimir Polyakov.
Avoski differed in compactness and spaciousness. In winter, food was often hung in them outside the windows. And then the thieves cut off the shopping bags from the windows.
23. Vacuum cleaner "Whirlwind"
In addition to the stylish design, the Whirlwind vacuum cleaners also differed from others in their incredible power. Until now, "Whirlwinds" are many in the dachas and are used to clean up even industrial waste.
24. Apparatus gas water
On April 16, 1937, the first sparkling water machine was installed in the Smolny canteen. Later, automatic weapons began to appear in Moscow, and then throughout the Union. Just sparkling water cost one penny, sparkling water with syrup was sold for three pennies. The cups were reusable, they were simply rinsed with a jet of water.
25. Rocket "Satan"
The Americans called the Soviet strategic missile system R-36M "Satan" for a reason. In 1973, this missile became the most powerful ballistic system ever developed. Not a single missile defense system was able to withstand the SS-18, the radius of which was 10,000 kilometers
26. Motorcycle "Ural"
Ural is the king of Soviet motorcycles. Reliable, heavy, passable. The history of the Urals from the late 30s until 1964 was the history of a military motorcycle. Even when the motorcycle began to be sold to the townsfolk, the owner of the Ural was obliged to register with the military, and the traffic police forbade using a motorcycle without a sidecar.
27. Bicycle "Kama"
"Kama" was a real bestseller. In the late 80s, this bike cost 100 rubles, which was not so little, but queues lined up for it anyway. "Kama" was actively "tuned": pasted over with stickers with racing cars, a fringe was hung on the "seat" and handlebars, and details from the designer were put on the knitting needles.
28. Scooter "Ant"
There were no hipsters in the USSR, but there were scooters. And not only road and tourist, but also cargo. Who remembers the USSR, remembers the Ants scooters. Hard workers, builders and plumbers loved to ride them.
29. Electronic game "Just you wait!"
The main gaming gadget of the 1980s. The wolf must catch as many eggs as possible in the basket, "supplied" by chickens from four sides. For each egg caught, a point was counted, for each broken egg, a point was taken away. After scoring 200 points, the player received a bonus game. During the game, periodically a hare appeared in the upper corner of the screen, and then you could earn bonus points.
30. Budenovka
Budenovka was called both "Frunzenka" and "hero". The top of the Budyonovka was jokingly called the "brain outlet". It was introduced as part of the winter uniform of the Red Army in 1919. Until 1940, Budyonovka invariably correlated with the fighters of the Red Army, but after the Finnish War it was replaced by a hat with earflaps.
31. Tarpaulin boots
Tarpaulin boots are more than shoes. Ivan Plotnikov, who set up their production before the war, received the Stalin Prize. By the end of the war, 10 million Soviet soldiers were wearing tarpaulin boots. After the war, everyone wore "kirzachs" - from old people to schoolchildren.
32. Riga trains
In the late USSR, the electric trains of the Riga Carriage Works were considered the best electric trains. They were truly cutting edge. The inventor of the trolleybus train, Vladimir Veklich, had an internship at the Riga plant.
33. Double-decker trolley bus YATB-3
From 1939 to 1953, there were double-decker trolleybuses of the Yaroslavl Automobile Plant YaTB-3 in Moscow. Most residents of the former USSR know this trolleybus from the film "Foundling", in which it appears in one of the episodes, and in the 1947 film "Spring" both cars that survived after the war get into the frame at the same time. Also found in an episode in the film "Happy Flight".
34. Electric shaver "Kharkiv"
The cult Soviet electric razor with a trimmer Kharkiv 109. Its circulation amounted to more than 30 million pieces. The razor worked from current sources with different ranges. That is why it was indispensable on business trips and long trips.
35. Vest
The sailors had a vest long before the USSR, but it was in the Soviet Union that the vest became more than a vest - from the sailors it migrated to the wardrobe of the paratroopers. The official premiere of the blue striped vests took place during the events in Prague in August 1968: it was the Soviet paratroopers in striped jerseys that played the decisive role in ending the Prague Spring.
36. Jacket
The authorities of the USSR saw in the padded jacket the ideal clothing that is functional both for work and for war. In 1932, quilted jackets actually become uniforms for the builders of the White Sea Canal.
In the 1930s, quilted jackets begin to move through the cinema. For example, in the cult film "Chapaev" Anka and Petka flaunt in quilted jackets, thereby demonstrating the "universality" of this clothing.
The Great Patriotic War turned the quilted jacket into a real cult, making it the clothes of the winners.
37. Flashlight "Bug"
Such electrodynamic flashlights were in almost every family. Ergonomic and almost eternal - you only have time to change the light bulb. Before use, the handle of the dynamo machine was removed from the fuse, which, coupled with the decent weight of the lantern, gave the feeling of a weapon in the hands. The best thing is to go to a dark basement with disturbing music.
38. Tear-off calendar
Soviet tear-off calendars gave a sense of celebration. Every day. Memorable events were celebrated there, chess studies and reprints of paintings were published. The length of the day and the times of sunrise and sunset were also noted. It was also convenient to take notes on calendars.
Well, what else can you say? Nostalgia, as it is, in its purest form. When looking at individual "exhibits" it begins to ache in the chest. We indulge in memories of the glorious 80s, shed tears of joy, comment. So, dear comrades, welcome to the virtual museum of the USSR! :)
Anniversary ruble. As far as I remember, they tried not to waste them - they kept them as exhibits, in caskets :)
Banknotes of 1, 3, 25 and 50 rubles of the sample of 1961. Well, and all sorts of pennies :)
Banknote of 100 rubles sample 1991.
After the collapse of the Union and another reform, solid Soviet banknotes turned into such ridiculous and almost depreciated "wrappers".
Amazing thing! No plastic or paper bags will replace the usual Soviet shopping bag. I have never seen anything more spacious in my life.
A real classic! Soda without syrup - 1 kopeck, with syrup - 3. Few people worried about the hygienic side of the issue, so everyone and sundry used one faceted glass. And few people thought of stealing it :)
What a delicious treat it was!
I had the exact same set as a kid! The paper was really like velvet to the touch, very pleasant. The thing, it seems, was quite scarce - so I spent it very carefully.
And my atlas was just like that!
Siphon cans were also an extremely scarce thing in my time. Therefore, my mother always bought several packs.
Well, here, in fact, is the siphon itself. The soda turned out to be very tasty, probably because it was prepared almost with my own hands :)
Panacea for all diseases! In those years, the Vietnamese "Asterisk" treated everything - from a cold to fractures. And in the journal "Science and Life" a whole article was published with drawings - in which points on the body you need to rub the balm in order to heal.
Personally, my first radio-controlled car, the moon rover and, when I got older, the first cassette recorder worked on these batteries :)
In all cinemas of the country, tickets were of the same type. And at my age there was such fun - playing "tickets". The difference between the digits in the serial number of the ticket was counted by slits in favor of the larger one :)
"Sportloto" is the country's main lottery. There were specialists who built entire systems, according to which the chances of winning the main cash prize increased significantly.
Well, a couple more lottery tickets from those years.
The main "scam" of the early 90s. About how it all ended, I think, there is no need to tell ...
Another sad example of how a naive population followed the lead of a lax state. The word "privatization" still causes only negative emotions for many people. As well as the surname "Chubais".
The key fob actually contained a book. I don’t remember exactly what it contained, but almost certainly something sublimely patriotic :)
"Primer". So, from the very first grade, the bright ideas of communism were invested in the kids.
I remember that in our house there was such a crap for sure. But its practical meaning remains a mystery to me :)
Well, this is a golden classic. Such bottles were literally worth their weight in gold, so they were reusable. The main and most convenient container for milk and kefir in the USSR.
And here is the milk. The same thing, in triangular paper bags ...
And concentrated, in a bank. For some reason, this was added to tea.
Another frequent guest of Soviet refrigerators is Druzhba processed cheese. The best appetizer for vodka :)
I am sure that just such - cotton, soft - Santa Claus stood under every home tree. And for some, especially thrifty, this figurine probably survived to this day.
With such "control" scales, everyone went to the market. The weighting percentage in those years was minimal.
Legendary VCR "Electronics VM-12". It cost like a spaceship, while the picture quality left much to be desired. But if you had it, it meant that everything was fine with you. And even better.
Who was born in the 80s did not collect inserts? After paper rubles, these candy wrappers were almost the second currency in every school. "Pouted" with these inserts both before and after, and even instead of lessons. The entertainment was incredibly exciting, unlike the cooler modern computer games.
Such pennants hung in any "Red Corner". And someone even on the wall carpet.
A single headdress for 90% of all Soviet girls. Equalization, damn it :)
Flexible plate. Absolutely cosmic thing. Personally, I didn’t fit in my head how music could fit on this thing. And how these records
recorded was completely beyond consciousness!
And here, by the way, is the magazine "Krugozor", which was published along with exactly such records, in the form of tabs between pages.
And here is the portable player "Youth" - then, it seems, there were no others ...
A gramophone record with a musical fairy tale "The Bremen town musicians". It was overwritten to a completely non-working state, I really loved her :)
These simple puzzles, in various modifications, were in almost every Soviet house. The "Triangle" infuriated me, but the "Cylinder", on the contrary, pleased me - it was easier to assemble it :)
Ready. There was no point in going to school with such a bandura - out of the whole set in the lessons, only a couple of items came in handy. But still - a very beautiful thing! Here the case is upholstered in green velvet - it was considered not very good. Red velvet - that was cool! :)
Faceted mugs. With the light hand of the sculptor Vera Mukhina, they appeared in every Soviet kitchen.
Graphite pencils. My grandfather in those years worked as a graphic designer - his whole house was littered with such pencils.
What are home theaters? What are you talking about? Slide projector! The coolest entertainment! The smell of burnt film, the dark room, the tiny square of light on the wall, and the filmstrips!
And by the way, here they are. As a rule, boxes with names rarely matched the contents :)
Dictaphone "Topaz D-202". Our family never had such a thing, because it was unnecessary. I took it here for the sake of completeness :)
By the way, it was possible to pick up such a microphone to the recorder ...
Or these headphones :)
Soviet perfumery. Perfume "Red Moscow".
Cologne "Olympic"
Well, a classic, of course. "Triple". Universal thing. Some of them, they say, also drank :)
Hole puncher. This stationery has survived to this day.
Lust. Limit of dreams. It seemed that there is nothing better in this life! The taste lasted only a few minutes, but they continued to chew until they felt sick :)
The best and favorite magazine!
"Gingerbread Man" is really for the little ones. And instead of "Model Designer" my mother subscribed to me the magazine "Young Technician".
Bookmark. They were all like that - paper and wear out very quickly.
Green peas of the Hungarian brand "Globus". I don’t remember the taste of peas at all, but among all the products of this brand, I can highlight the vegetable platter. It was sold in large three-liter jars and was sooooo tasty!
In 1985, the XII International Festival of Youth and Students was held in Moscow. A lot of souvenir products dedicated to this event were produced that year.
The same can be said about the famous Olympics-80.
On the left is an Octobrist badge, on the right is a pioneer. Both I managed to vilify on the lapel of a school jacket. The first icon is a little longer, the second is a little smaller :)
In continuation of the theme of the school uniform - the chevron "Schoolboy". It was sewn on the left (or right?) sleeve of a uniform jacket. Well, and immediately painted with a ballpoint pen :)
Tooth powder "Special". He lived in every Soviet bathroom and, due to the acute shortage of toothpaste, was in constant demand. It tasted like... as if it were softer... "Special", in general :)
It's not even a classic. This is Cult with a capital "K". Someone said that after scoring 1000 points, a cartoon appears on the screen. Watery eyes, fingers worn to calluses, 998, 999, 1000 points! ... And all over again. The first thought is to find and kill the person who told about the "cartoon" :)
And these are analogues. But ... it's not the same anymore. "Well, wait a minute" - it's forever! :)
The game "Behind the wheel" is another ultimate dream of any Soviet boy. I got this toy at the age of 8. A terribly scarce thing, for which I had to stand in a huge queue in the "Children's World". By the way, I had a very advanced model of this game - with pedals! :)
"Labyrinth". Another classic toy. I quickly learned the scheme of each level and immediately became uninteresting.
"Fifteen". no comments:)
Magnetic Checkers. I knew how to play them, but for some reason I did not like them.
But "Erudite" is a completely different matter! I remember playing with my mom...
Another classic is the 15-kopeck Sea Battle assault rifle. In general, there were a lot of them, but this one was the most beloved :) I remember that at one time these machines were in the lobby of the Palace of Culture. Kulakovsky (then - the Palace of Culture and Technology)
By the way, here is another exhibit from this series.
I have never had a more interesting and exciting toy. No computers can compare! I was lucky, my railway was sooo long and the highway was laid almost through all the rooms :)
Toy boat of the Riga toy factory "Straume". I was born in Riga, so, of course, I supported the local manufacturer as best I could :)
Toy "Starfish". The practical meaning is unclear. But for the collection - it will do :)
Transformer. For the first time I saw such a toy at the age of 10. I turned it over in my hands, turned the robot into a car and back - and immediately lost all interest in it. It's strange, but I still don't understand the hype around these toys.
Picture calendar. I saw something similar when I came with my mother to some regular guests. Some kind of unaesthetic gadget :)
Calculator "Electronics B3-36". I remember that he was very sophisticated, he could even calculate some complex trigonometric functions.
Stationery sets. I definitely had a Kimek. I've never really been good at drawing :)
Pocket Tetris. I remember that our entire "Chinese market" was littered with such toys.
Kerosene lamp. There was no such thing in our house, but my grandmother definitely had it. True, when the lights were turned off, she still used ordinary household candles. Looks like there were problems with kerosene :)
Movie camera "Kyiv-16". For me - one of the most mysterious gadgets of those years. I still have no idea where you could buy film in those years? And what did they do with it after they filmed it? And on what it could then be twisted? In general, some questions ... :)
And here is another toy - a desktop push-button "Basketball". I remember when I was little, this game made me very enthusiastic :)
Cockade. I don't know which branch of the army she wore. But in my collection of icons, this was definitely the case.
Compass. Another device that was incomprehensible to me in those years. How with its help it was possible to get out of the dense forest - it was a big mystery to me :)
"Mikrosha", one of the first Soviet personal computers for household use. Absolutely killer machine, it was even possible to program in Assembler and Pascal.
In the 80s, email was not something that was not heard, but was not even thought about. At least in our country. Ordinary paper letters were sealed in such ordinary envelopes, dropped into mailboxes hanging here and there, and waited for weeks for an answer :)
A piggy bank is an extremely handy thing.
Also a kind of "piggy bank", only in the female version :)
How can instant coffee be natural? Nobody thought about it. There was simply nothing else...
Although, especially gifted coffee connoisseurs managed to buy it in beans and grind it by hand on such horseradish. Or, who had it, on electric ones :)
Cream after shaving "Start".
Paper doll and paper clothes for her. Usually these were published in the magazines "Worker" and "Peasant Woman".
Blades for safety razors "Baltika". With these kind of blades, young Nikitka rubbed "twos", which the teacher, though occasionally, but still put out with a pen in her diary :)
Back to school supplies. Math ruler. Its practical functionality is still incomprehensible to me :)
"Lunokhod". A cult toy, the first in the USSR with touch (!) control buttons.
Ski bindings. Yes, in those years they had to be purchased separately and screwed to the skis themselves with screws.
Reel-to-reel tape recorder "Electronics" TA01-003 ". I remember how I was always fascinated by the process of loading a film into such a tape recorder. And the sound quality was, of course, much better than an ordinary cassette recorder.
By the way, here it is - "Electronics 302", the most popular cassette recorder in those years.
And here is the cassette, "MK60-2". The quality of the film left much to be desired, but there was nothing else (affordable) then. On bezrybe, as they say ... :)
Toy "Piano". A magical thing for children from 2 years old :)
Probably every boy had such a model of an armored personnel carrier. I had it for sure. In general, by the age of 12-13 I had a pretty decent collection of models ...
And even such a completely wild model of "Zaporozhets" was also :)
Very cool set of pencils "Art". I remember there were a lot of flowers there.
Tin soldiers. A classic that needs no comment.
Children's radio designer. Unfortunately, I didn't have that. It must be really interesting stuff.
Sticker with Mickey Mouse.
Mysterious board game :)
And here everything is very clear. "Monopoly", and this is exactly what the very first one looked like. I played it at the age of 10. I remember that at first I did not understand anything, but it was terribly interesting! :)
Tumbler. Classic.
Well, and not to get up twice - a rubber ball. I really enjoyed throwing it at the wall and listening to the sound it makes. I liked it, but the neighbors did not :)
Notes for playing the metallophone. I remember that I had a metallophone, but there were no notes for it. improvised :)
At first I thought it was a bottle opener. But then knowledgeable people suggested that this is what a pencil sharpener looked like. Weird, I thought...
I thought she looked something like this :)
Sickle-hammered. According to rumors, in the future it will be replaced by plastic cards.
Blank cartridges. I had exactly the same, with a red tip.
At my age, only the children of wealthy parents could afford to come to school with such a pencil case ...
And with this - all the rest :)
"Pepsi-Cola" Novorossiysk bottling. What is now sold under the guise of "Pepsi-Cola" does not go to any comparison. Soviet "Pepsi" was, is and will be the most delicious!
Typewriter. It is printed, not writing. The rumble that she made while working clearly informed everyone - this machine was exactly
prints, but not
writes. Absolutely terrible and inhuman colossus.
Cap. Then the meaning of this word was quite clear and definite. And pis
a moose as it should be.
Pioneer horn. A very strange musical instrument. I remember once asking our school bugler to teach me how to play. The lesson ended in a devastating fiasco.
Precisely with such flags, schoolchildren went to May Day demonstrations.
Plastic fishing rod type "zakidushka". Extremely handy and effective. At least I always had a crush on her :)
I had just such a plasticine "Young Sculptor". One of my favorite pastimes. I remember how out of three or four packages of such plasticine, my friend and I fashioned a whole army of little men and staged a real plasticine "war".
Plastic frog. He swam well both in the bath and in the puddle.
Plastic soldier. He swam much worse than a frog, but he burned much better :)
Certificate of honor. I boast - I had one of these, for active participation in the life of the school.
Who said that there was no sex in the USSR? He was. Only in the dark, with drawn curtains, tightly closed doors, strictly under the covers, and in general - so that no one would guess. But even then everyone was warned: "AIDS does not sleep!".
By the way, there was even an assortment on the condom market :)
Primus. A relic of the war and post-war years.
Game console "Dendy type". Entertainment No. 1 in the early 90s for all Soviet children.
But such a prefix was not for everyone. Firstly, it was much more difficult to get it, and at the price it was more expensive. It is not surprising - there were far more games than on Dendy cartridges, although the graphics were noticeably weaker.
Every member of any trade union had such a ticket. Trade unions have survived to this day. But are the tickets still available? Interesting...
Vacuum cleaner "Buran". It was distinguished by inhuman suction power and the same level of noise produced.
Radio receiver "Diamond". As a person associated with radio broadcasting, I cannot pass by this exhibit without thrilling awe.
Rollers. Yes, in the USSR they looked like this. I never learned how to ride them.
Green toy dump truck. On advanced models of these toys, the cabin doors even opened.
Sugar that came with airplane meals. Well, in the trains they also gave out their own, "railroad".
Passbook. Another thing that has survived to this day. Which, however, is not surprising.
Stopwatch of the Zlatoust watch factory.
Cigarette holder "Music box". In fact, anything was stored in it, but not cigarettes :)
The first Soviet laptop - "Electronics 901" :)
Extremely dubious from the point of view of chemistry, but nevertheless, terribly popular thing - instant juice "Yupi". I remember that it was very tasty for them to drink tasteless vodka :)
This is an analogue - "Zuko". The same eggs, only in profile :)
Well, this is for aesthetes. Such a soluble "Fanta" cost a lot, but this is understandable - it was yummy too!
Stereoscope. A mysterious device for viewing stereo images.
Such figurines and souvenirs almost certainly decorated your furniture "wall" in the living room. By the way, the eagle was made of phosphorus and mysteriously glowed in the dark :)
Souvenir wooden mug. Usually hung or placed in some prominent place in the kitchen.
There were no calculators then, so every store counter had such scores. By the way, in some stores in Yakutsk they can still be found. A truly eternal thing. By the way, I have always wondered why there are only 4 knuckles on one of the lines? :)
In the wild times of Gorbachev's rule, the whole country was merchandised with such food stamps.
I'm not completely sure, but it looks very much like a teletype - a printing machine for sending text messages between two remote subscribers.
Tennis balls Leningrad. They look a lot like baseball :)
Well, this is a good old ping-pong ball. When burning, it emits a rare offensive odor. The main fun was to crush the ball, pour the pieces into a tin can and set fire to it. Well, then, as you like: you can go to the school toilet, you can go to the usual entrance ... :)
Analog multifunctional thermometer. In addition to temperature, he was able to show air humidity and atmospheric pressure. monumental thing :)
Paper transporter. It fell into disrepair very quickly.
Mascara for eyebrows and eyelashes. I didn’t use it, but I’m sure that many young ladies (or their mothers) had this in those years.
Alcoholic vinegar. In our family, vinegar was not favored, so there is not much to say here.
Electric iron. Directly on the body, shirts and pants got rid of wrinkles faster than with the help of such an iron. But then there were no others.
Fen. Fan - and nothing else :)
An absolutely amazing thing is a flashlight that worked without batteries, exclusively on man-made energy :)
But I sculpted exactly such a flashlight with electrical tape to the steering wheel of my bicycle and rode through the dark Yakut yards. It was scary but interesting. It's always fun with a flashlight :)
Souvenir corkscrew "Cannon". Although Gorbachev struggled with alcohol in those years, nevertheless, there was always something to discover :)
Spy camera. If an ordinary movie camera raises a lot of questions for me, then what can we say about a spy camera? :) But the fact itself is important - it looks like an ordinary bag, but inside there it is! :)
Sewing box. Almost certainly your mothers and grandmothers have exactly the same. Spools of thread, needles, a myriad of buttons and other sewing accessories... It's not clear how all this could fit in such a small box :)
Czechoslovak shoes brand "Cebo". It was mostly worn by my mother. And I did not pay attention to her shoes at all :)
Office ink. I remember that in our school some people filled in such ink bad grades in the diary.
Alarm clock "Yantar". The most hated subject for all Soviet schoolchildren. Especially those who studied in the first shift :)
Well, a few more watches from that era.
With just such a can, I regularly went to the store, at the porch of which in the summer there was always a "cow" - a large yellow barrel from which draft milk was sold. How delicious it was!
And such photographs and posters hung in the room of every Soviet youth. In those years, the so-called "video salons" just came into fashion. It was the most ordinary garage in which two dozen chairs stood in rows, and a video deuce was fixed under the ceiling - a VCR and a TV with a 50 cm screen. The sound and picture were terrible, but our video salon was never empty. It was there that I first met Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris and, of course, Sylvester Stallone.
Shaver. Only once, when I was very young, did I show interest in this device. Once I took my father's razor, turned it on and put it on my face. The razor immediately yanked a little fluff out of my cheek. It was very painful. Now I use only machines and still consider electric shavers a dangerous and completely stupid invention.
Stories about the Soviet Union still excite people's minds. Moreover, both those who happened to live in a huge country, and those who were born after its collapse.
Most of the things from the USSR seem quite normal and understandable to a modern person. But there are items whose purpose raises questions.
And today we will look at 40 amazing things that our parents and grandparents used. Or maybe you've used them too. In any case, it will be interesting to plunge into an era that has gone forever.
1. Juicer "Rosinka" superior in power and longevity to Western counterparts.
2. Hair machine. Only for the harsh Soviet people.
3. Puzzles. Long before the popular computer game Zuma.
4. "Frog-jump". One of the cult toys of the Soviet era.
5. If not for the visible connector, this thing could be mistaken for a prehistoric hair dryer, say. But it's still a microphone.
6. Toy moon rover.
7. Vacuum cleaner "Rocket". Great helper for cleaning the house. Such copies of different colors are still working. You can buy a perfectly working copy from your hands.
8. Soviet stereoscope, we adore not only children, but also adults.
9. A device for burning patterns or inscriptions on a wooden surface. Every little boy's dream.
10. Souvenir knife "Fish" for an avid angler.
11. "Nine" on radio control. It was later that foreign cars on batteries came to replace the toy VAZ.
12. Portable video game with interchangeable screens. Not just Tetris...
13. Hangers for clothes. Additional feature: built-in brushes for cleaning.
14. Radio station "Rhythm-304", which was gladly placed in every house.
15. Another moon rover. At that time they liked to look at the sky. And dream.
16. The Sportloto lottery was very popular. Even children played it, though not really.
17. A metal musical instrument called a metallophone.
18. Pocket Las Vegas or a casino for the whole family.
19. The device of a novice electrician is a voltmeter.
20. Sharpening blades with this machine was commonplace.
21. Hand drill. To make a couple of holes even in a wooden surface, you had to work hard.
22. Where was Soviet bread stored? That's right, in the breadbaskets. These are such wonderful boxes.
23. Flashlight "Chernivtsi" local factory of electronics and household appliances.
24. Hand mixer. To cook a cake for the whole family, the Soviet hostess spent a lot of effort on cooking.
25. Vacuum cleaner "Uralets". Very powerful and noisy. These devices are still in use today.
26. Cookie cutters. Practically eternal.
27. Such a wonderful microphone was attached to the tape recorders "Spring".
28. Soviet drivers passed exams at the traffic police on such devices called Vyatka-5.
29. Fitness classes with the Zarya pedometer.
30. Electronic radio designer.
31. Garden knife, which was also called a pirate. A serious tool for a stern boy.
32. Artificial fly. An indispensable tool for harmless jokes.
33. An ordinary wallet, from which, say, grandchildren were given a few kopecks for ice cream.
34. Toy robot for elementary school children. Clockwork.
35. Rollers of our grandfathers and grandmothers.
36. The most powerful home vacuum cleaner "Vykhr".
37. Toy "Tumbler", bringing up resilience in Soviet children.
38. Almost eternal flashlight "Bug". Just make sure you change the light bulbs. Charged with the handle of a dynamo.
39. A device for baking sweet waffles. By the way, earlier we already wrote about, which are still found in our kitchens today.
40. Muscovite on the pedals. Personal transport from an early age.
These wonderful things were very popular during the Soviet era. Now they seem strange and incomprehensible. But ordinary Soviet people worked hard to save up money for the same Vykhr vacuum cleaner or Vesna tape recorder. And such purchases were a real holiday for the whole family.
Now the abundance of things in the shop windows is huge, but the objects from cause incomparable awe. After all, they return to decades ago, at a time when the world was completely different.
What was the thing that surprised you? Share in the comments.
A Minsk resident collected a $15,000 collection of Soviet things at his dacha: “We are not nostalgic for the USSR, we just remember our childhood”
Everything happened very by accident. Denis bought a dacha six years ago. Forgotten Soviet artifacts were an appendage to it. The man thought. Then I bought myself several beer glasses of the 80s, and a little later I found one rare - the 50s, the so-called Nikulinsky. From glasses he switched to beer taps, tape recorders, filmoscopes, paraphernalia of the Soviet police. Denis' latest project is a restored Soviet soda machine from his childhood.
- It's probably age.- Denis laughs and shows the machine gun.
Students don't really understand. Basically the same for students. These have ceased to be actively exploited since the end of 1991. Basically, they were placed in places of mass gathering of people - GUM, TSUM, cinemas and other popular establishments. You come up, wash the glass, throw a penny - you drink. If you have a coin of 3 kopecks in your pocket, you can afford soda with syrup.
- For some time after the collapse of the USSR in the former Soviet republics, they worked on tokens. Now they have begun to make stylized Soviet ones with bill acceptors. But this, of course, is not the coat. Similar machines were produced in Kyiv and Moscow, if I'm not mistaken. My sample is Ukrainian. And yes, it is a reusable faceted glass. People did not disdain and did not get sick.
Nutro, of course, not completely natural. Lots of modern details. Purchased machine. Denis spent about $250 on it. True, this is not the first test. There have been three more so far. All four units are now on the site.
- On "Onliner" there is a thematic branch "Our childhood". People aged 35+ actively communicate there. When I started talking about the soda machine, there was a user under the nickname globba - a man with golden hands who persuaded me to do it. We struggled together for three weeks, but managed.
Country children gathered to gawk at the new contraption in the yard of Uncle Denis. At first they did not understand what it was. Then they asked me to explain. Uncle Denis taught them how to use a machine gun - queues began to gather near him.
- For you, it tastes better than drinks like Fanta?
- For me, these are different things. Fanta appeared in the USSR for the Olympics-80. And also sold in vending machines. There were no such people in Minsk. I remember that my father and I came to Moscow. In the building of the Belorussky railway station, dad says to me: “Denis, now you will try such an unrealistically delicious drink. Keep 15 kopecks. So you understand? Five times more expensive than Soviet sparkling water. At the Belorussky railway station there were two automatic machines with the inscription "Fanta". I didn't even know what it was. But yes, it was delicious for me. This is 1981. It seems to me that Fanta and Pepsi have not changed since then. Same taste. And Soviet drinks - Tarkhun, Baikal, Pinocchio - have become worse. Previously, they were made from natural ingredients. Shelf life was 7 days. And now it is not clear how much. Beer is the same story. Now fashionable craft. And in my youth, it turns out, everything was craft.
Denis laughs. On it are elements of the uniform of Soviet traffic cops. Harness, leggings - 70s. Helmet - 80s. Estonian production. After the acquisition, the collector liked to play tricks on neighbors-dacha residents, going out onto the village road. Some actually stopped and showed documents until they understood what was happening.
- I have been working on the stock market of the Republic of Belarus for 25 years. For 10 years he worked in a state administration body that regulated the securities market. Then he worked as a professional participant in the securities market. I invest part of the money I earn in my collection. These things should be saved for the future. This is our history.
Many things are now rising in price. With this in mind, the cost of the collection is approximately $15,000.
- It's like with securities, you need to know what to invest in,- the collector laughs. - True, I had no calculation. As a result, flashing lights from the GDR, which I bought for $10-15, have now risen in price a lot. Because in Russia there is a fashion for creating replicas of police cars and traffic police of the USSR. As a result, the cost of a flasher can now reach up to $100, or even more. But I don't make money from it. It's a hobby. For myself.
A man shows replicas of license plates of the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the BSSR. He says that with the introduction of new white and black numbers in the USSR, the MIM series since 1980 has become only a police one.
- On the night of museums on May 19, with another of our forum users m141170, we handed over things related to the Soviet police for a temporary exhibition in the museum of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus. Why has the price of these things gone up? In the Russian Federation, fashion for Soviet cars. And now almost every regional police department wants to install such a retro car in front of their building. For many years I have been studying the transport of the USSR police. Especially the coloring pages. For a long time I was looking for Soviet GOSTs, which established the rules for painting. They were nowhere to be found on the internet. As a result, I found the originals of 1953 and 1957 in the Russian archives. Requested copies, would pay something like $50.
