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These coupons were required in addition to real money when purchasing certain categories of consumer goods. The coupons had next to no protection and could be easily counterfeited on modern colour copiers. (Copiers were scarce in the Soviet Union and under strict control of KGB, which to an extent limited, but did not eliminate, forging). The ...
Since these goods were scarce, consumers viewed them as treasure and selling them was a huge sacrifice. Prices were kept low to entice people to participate in the Torgsin stores. [7] These stores ran from 1930 to 1936. From 1929, the State ran commercial stores that functioned outside the rationing system.
The 1929 stock market crash wasn’t just a financial collapse; it was the moment the Roaring Twenties came to a screeching halt. In a matter of days, fortunes were wiped out, optimism turned to ...
Consuming imports such as coffee and oranges were discouraged. Two nutritional innovations promoted by the Nazis were quark, a milk product formerly used as animal feed, and eintopf, a one-pot casserole of leftovers eaten the first Monday of every month. The nutrition policies resulted in a decline in consumption of 17 percent for meat, 21 ...
In 1936, due to a poor harvest, fears of another famine led to famously long breadlines. [9] However, no such famine occurred, and these fears proved largely unfounded. During the second five-year plan, under the policy of "cultural revolution" , the Soviet authorities established fines that were collected from farmers.
Even with its increase in farmland, only one half of its needs can be obtained through domestic food production, the rest must come from abroad. In the war-torn Soviet Union, Nazi conquest of Ukraine's wheat fields have led to breadlines which have now become commonplace with the populace facing starvation unless more food can be obtained.
Paid organizers for the Unemployed Councils were set to work attempting to build the organization, searching out potential members in breadlines or queueing for soup kitchens, loitering at factory gates or near employment agency offices, or sitting around near cheap hotels. [13]