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Photo 7Habits that have reached us since Soviet times. Photo from EPA-Eltos, Wikipedia.org, Youtube.com
Sideboard with glass and other dishes
Wardrobe – furniture with glass doors and shelves, on which glass plates and tea sets are lined. If you were lucky enough to receive Czech or German service, it was a real happiness. His family did not drink tea, it was preserved and displayed as if it were a museum exhibit. The beautifully arranged dishes were a true art. Getting a closet with lighting is a real celebration. How nice it is to show your guests an illuminated crystal treasure!
In addition to the utensils in the closet, various statuettes, souvenirs and, of course, family photos were often kept. Of course, the dishes were taken out of the cupboard, but infrequently, only on some important occasion, such as during the New Year, March 8, or another precious holiday.
Products to buy in stock
It was accepted that the USSR bought products in stock. This is not to say that people were greedy, it was just a necessity – some products were used infrequently. And there were not always everyday products, only empty shelves could be found, so what you found, buy. It was so common that people were no longer even outraged.
By the way, in those days the stores used to be open until 6 in the afternoon. That is today, when you discover late at night that there is no bread at home, you can run to the store to buy it.
The deficit dictated its own rules. No one was surprised by public transport with a “necklace” of toilet paper rolls: the rolls were strung on a rope and hung around the neck like necklaces. and they could buy, as long as there is something to buy.
Repair shoes, sew stockings, wash bags
People are repairing shoes now: dangling heels, changing zipper heads, etc. But in the time of the USSR things were much more serious. Footwear was also in short supply, making it as sustainable as possible. And the repairs were sometimes such that it was not possible to recognize after their shoes or boots: soles, heels, tops, zippers, etc. were changed. In order not to have to spend money on repairs quickly, the so-called prevention was carried out: the sole was glued, the seams were reinforced. This is not to say that all footwear was of poor quality. Just to buy shoes, the women queued for a few hours.
And the thin stockings were not sold in every corner either. To make them last longer, very strange ways were used, such as freezing stockings in the refrigerator compartment or spraying hairspray, in the hope that this would increase the strength of the product. After being left without an eye, those stockings were worn under pants or the defect was carefully sewn on or applied with nail polish.
And more bags! Virtually all of the housewives washed, dried, and reused polythene bags. Yes, they looked old and worn, but they were always close at hand. By the way, today the leaders of the green movement are promoting reusable ecological bags that do not pollute nature, in the past they were replaced by simple grids.
“Adult” clothing
Seeing a kid on the street today with sleeves wrapped in a jacket and clearly too long pants would probably be a surprise. In the past, this was normal. Without emotions, after all, it is clear that the clothes bought “grew”. Children are growing up fast and children’s clothing also had a deficit, but the clothing approach was much simpler than now.
Old sweatpants floor cloth
At that time, no woman would have thought to buy a cloth for the floor. These stores are now covered in microfiber, linen and cotton cloths. In Soviet times, this was not the case, firstly, and secondly, to whom to spend money if an old T-shirt could be worn. But the best rags for washing the floor were used cotton sweatpants, or “workouts,” as they were called in the family.
Button boxes of various colors and sizes
Even if carefully cared for, clothing would wear out and become a floor rag or rags for some other purpose. But before that, the frugal Soviet housewives cut off their buttons and put them in a special box. It could be a box of candy or cookies, a glass jar of mayonnaise, or some other suitable container. Buttons were also in short supply and it was not possible to do without repairing clothes.
Gallery of empty jars in the kitchen
And another habit: accumulating jars. They were never thrown away as almost all the hostesses stocked for the winter. Tomatoes and cucumbers, jam and canned salads: everything that grows in the garden is canned in jars. It was necessary to buy special caps and devices for screwing them, because there were almost no jars with screw caps. The most popular were the 3-liter jars. They took an honorable place in the kitchen cabinets, waiting for their “star hours.”
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