#soviet-union

#soviet-union

Sasha Berkovich grew up in the Soviet Union at a time when nothing came easy, and nothing in skiing was handed to you. If you wanted gear, you had to barter for it. If you wanted to ride a rope tow, you had to build it, you had to scrap together old engines, scavenged parts, and whatever rope you could find. Sometimes the only currency that worked was vodka. Skiing wasn't a hobby for Sasha back then; it was something you earned piece by piece

Back then, pizza delivery wasn't a big thing. Pizza Hut was a dine-in restaurant, with its red roof, red-checkered tablecloths, and red lights that hung over the tables.Skimehorn would make a Pizza Hut pilgrimage every Saturday, a habit she financed by cleaning her friend's brother's apartment for $5. "We could get a small pizza and two small sodas and still have 35 cents left for a tip," she said.

In the 1980s, the world's largest producer of shoes was the Communist Soviet Union, turning out 800 million pairs a year, yet queues formed for foreign shoes.

At the heart of NATO's purpose is the principle of collective defense, laid out in Article 5: an attack on one member is an attack on all.

Music has long been perceived as dangerous, with authoritarian regimes perceiving it as a political weapon; both Soviet and American authorities have tried to suppress certain genres.

Bakharev's images encapsulate a moment of candid intimacy and playful vulnerability at Soviet beach cultures, often overlooked in their artistic expression.

The suspense is simply in waiting for the totalitarian machinery to grind into place.

Rogers knew Tetris was special at its first showing in 1988, noting its simplicity and playability that drew him in like no other game.