Bread, tomatoes, and vodka in the 1980s

Today I remembered my childhood in the 1980s and the prices of food. Back then, the food selection was limited, not like it is today. But many of the products were tastier.

This is what a bread and rolls shop looked like in 1983. I took a screenshot from Yeralash magazine.

Such a cool cash register. I'd give the cashier 20 Soviet kopecks and buy a loaf (700 grams) of black bread. This bread was often warm and smelled incredibly delicious. I couldn't resist nibbling on the crust of this black bread.

A liter jar of pickled tomatoes cost 35 kopecks. Now the same jar costs 20 times more, 7 rubles. But salaries have also increased over the past 40 years, for some people by 20 times .

I remember Buratino carbonated soft drink costing 10 kopecks and having a shelf life of only 7 days. Pepsi and Fanta were 31 kopecks each for 0.33 liters.

But vodka has been very expensive since 1986. A 0.5-liter bottle of vodka cost 9 rubles 10 kopecks. In 1990, a bottle of vodka cost 10 rubles. Thirty-five years later, a bottle of vodka, if I'm not mistaken, still costs 10 rubles.

But I don't think people drink as much now as they did in the USSR. Maybe I'm wrong and I don't have the same company from the 1990s. :)

The bread was tasty because nothing was added to it, and the tomatoes grew in a completely different ecology, and alcohol... it was also different, safe or something. And now - you walk next to tangerines - there is no smell, strawberries and tomatoes have practically no smell. Although, I’m not even nostalgic, I’m allergic to all these products. At the moment, I really appreciate everything that is grown in my garden and with my own hands, no matter what the cost. !ALIVE

I also think the bread was delivered without plastic bags and was often hot. That's why it smelled so delicious.

I think there's less drinking in many places. We certainly drank more in the 90s than kids do today. I wish we hadn't haha

That's right. But I don't regret it at all; I have a lot to remember. I remember our dorm room, where all our friends would gather and sing songs with a guitar. Our morning walks to the pub instead of university lectures. Half of my friends didn't finish their studies, and I dropped out after three years too :)

That is true. What were you studying?

Engineering specialty, water supply and hydromelioration. A boring profession.

My friend, a university graduate, built the Augustow Canal for ships and tourists. And I've been playing the Moscow stock exchange since the mid-2000s.