Putin or the USSR: when did you have a better life, under Putin or in the USSR?

After the collapse or disintegration (it depends on who you like) of the USSR, we moved into the post-Soviet era, the era of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

There was, of course, a short period of time when Yeltsin ruled.

But by 2024, the Yeltsin era will be less than ¼ of the entire post-Soviet period.

Someone says that for Yeltsin's 8 years there was so much mess that we are still dealing with it.

But it turns out that Yeltsin was practically not to blame, but the economy of the USSR was to blame.

For 70 years the USSR only produced galoshes for Africans: video

I remember a video circulating on the Internet in which Putin says the following.

"Yes, my dears, yes. There is no need to debate. The fact is that something we produced (and no need to wave our hands) was not needed by anyone, because no one bought our galoshes, except Africans who had to walk on the hot sand. That's what it was all about."

Many people were outraged that this phrase was taken out of context, and it continued with this.

"We had a defense industry that was great, strong, and we're still proud of it. We are grateful to our grandfathers and our fathers for creating such a defense industry after World War II" (Read more ➤).

Then there is mention of Soviet achievements in space and consumer goods, which did not exist back then.

I wonder if Africans need our galoshes now?

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Georgy Vitsin - everyone's favorite actor

Do you remember, do you like movies with his participation?

Only "Gentlemen of Fortune" is worth seeing.

But after the fall of the USSR, he never starred in movies again.

Well, what was the point of filming the brilliant actor Vitsin, if "Wild Rose" and "Just Maria" appeared.

What an intellectual throwback...

But that's not the point.

Vitsin's youth took place at the time of Stalin's repressions. But the actor remembers this period of his life with warmth.

He noted that he could develop then without any financial problems, as he had enough scholarship for everything.

Back to the present day

Putin's speech concludes by saying that "The people then know what was and what was not."

Source of the main photo of the publication

And you, dear readers, do you remember what was and what was not in the USSR?

And when was your life better, then or now?

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