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Another Soviet era joke. The rabbi elections are so difficult. The first candidate is an expert on Torah but not a Communist Party member. The second is a Communist Party member but knows crap about Torah. The third is both a Communist Party member and a Torah expert ... but not a Jew.

A Soviet era joke. "An automobile for sale. Some assembly required". 341050733_610882964243087_2520377227109992166_n.jp g (745×960) (fbcdn.net)

An ensemble with vocals and instrumentals known in the USSR as Bi Dzhiz because the comrades should be dancing, yeah. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hv_Osx70SzI/maxresdefault.jpg

Leonid Brezhnev is raising a glass with a few of his best employees. They woudn't consumer alcohol at work unless they had a permission from above. 336689021_192431903556338_1012265733682503020_n.jp g (720×552) (fbcdn.net)

This is from a clickbait ad ... but as clickbaits go, it's a pretty entertaining one. It shows the AI "portraits" of famous animated characters. I'll show some, one can choose to click on the bait later. Lisa Simpson Snow White Moe Szyslak Bart Simpson Ned Flanders Milhouse...

Sale of meat of "secondary freshness". No, I am not making it up. https://735606.selcdn.ru/russiainphoto/photos/2017/02/10/olqekpr1zsv4cj8a.jpg

And here's the ice cream half. https://mykaleidoscope.ru/uploads/posts/2021-09/thumbs/1632460393_6-mykaleidoscope-ru-p-morozhenoe-borodino-sssr-krasivo-foto-12.jpg

When it's cold outside, you eat ice cream or drink beer. 336371951_3453151951600195_7621651189105586429_n.j pg (960×805) (fbcdn.net)

A fake slice-of-life shot of a "typical" Soviet apartment. Though, people did play chess in front of crystal vases ... but no one wore pumps at home. Even in the bedroom. 340093857_168146449490239_6205136470601462944_n.jp g (1005×813) (fbcdn.net)

340241383_739597537716475_6202513537362857774_n.jp g (1924×1422) (fbcdn.net) The sign on the left says, "We have no socks". The sign on the right, "We have no shoes". I assume there were no sandals either. Late 1980's/early 1990's

https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/maxim_nm/51556845/5543977/5543977_2000.jpg Trench digging. The deployed tools are a tad old. They hark back to the era when the dinosaurs ruled the earth. Or, judging from clothes, 1970s.

A story behind the underpants. The Soviet Union didn't have the production to make them. So, they were purchased abroad and then given to those going on official business trips to the capitalist countries. I.E, they were a mark of high (societal) standing. And you thought this was a Soviet...

A soviet Flavor Flav. (1980) https://imgprx.livejournal.net/c2ce9f45ab7b7f35bdd4df2fc1238d6cc84440e7/p4787gSk-UDBfQ3WyCLzQMHbgXfPjfSuwJU3M-7SudtoIhEJ8-JtubHB28FxlyPRkeLPTB89LKBGdmPhMVntQdgamvKd2VHTQaUqgKbdxlBPV9-DEvy3ZLOd3IiY1jbEqobOZxB6as_ucMR_1bMHyA

Various Soviet cologne brands ... or an alternative to vodka. For the better smelling breath. https://bigpicture.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/0413.jpg

An abandoned jail cell in one of many concentration camps around Kolyma, where hundreds of thousands perished. 338340549_585000493691521_5023037562668886560_n.jp g (1280×960) (fbcdn.net)

A typical practice in the USSR was a "troika". The vodka bottle size most frequently sold was 500mL, enough for three people to get a little buzz, while sharing the expense of ~ 3.62 for Moskovskaya or 4.12 for Stolichnaya (1970's) . In the photo just above, they're drinking cheap fortified...

Favorite pastime in the USSR. 337390492_169036289341260_6879126304377513692_n.jp g (1280×789) (fbcdn.net)

A Soviet apartment building in pristine conditions. https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/maxi...3_original.jpg

I think I had posted this before. Soviet high school students around their graduation ceremony. They graduated with diplomas in French Maidom. 337110780_1311909749539319_4217978587238988374_n.j pg (510×507) (fbcdn.net)