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Debunk the idea that "living standards in the USSR were bad" (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by fire86743@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I'm not talking like during WW2 or prior. I am talking about during the Cold War, pre-Gorbachev.

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[–] itspostingtime@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This documentary might help paint a picture even if it's not your main source of statistics and such: The Human Face of Russia (1984) - society and everyday life in the 1980s USSR

The filmmakers are from Australia and they go to various places in the Soviet Union asking people about typical quality of life questions like price of rent, bus fare, work, having a look at farms, etc.

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