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What is Soviet glass?
The first Soviet glass was designed by Vera Mukhina in 1943. The sturdy, bulky and convenient everyday item became a symbol of the Soviet era, and was popular among housewives and alcoholics alike. While it has been largely replaced by more elegant vessels, it is still in use.
What is Russian glass?
Table-glass or granyonyi stakan (Russian: гранёный стакан, literally faceted glass) (Ukrainian: granchak гранчак, derived from грань, meaning facet) is a type of drinkware made from especially hard and thick glass and having a faceted form. It is often used in combination with tea glass-holder (Podstakannik).
Do Russians break their glasses?
Glasses were broken after especially important toasts or just during the especially cheerful parties. Russian restaurants even held a special prices for breaking the glasses. Breaking of drinkware, or, in wider context, any tableware, is believed in Russia to bring luck and happiness.
Why do Russians drink tea in glasses?
Podstakanniks appeared in Russian tea culture in the late 18th century, when drinking tea became common in Russia. They were found extremely useful on railroads, as tea was served in moving carriages that were shaking. A bare glass was more likely to fall, scalding people with hot tea.
How did people in the Soviet Union behave in the past?
Circumstances have changed and people have become different. For the average person, who lived at that time, the Soviet Union was not about 76 kopecks per dollar, the most powerful army in the world and the all-powerful KGB. People knew that the army and the KGB were protecting the country, but they did not see the military might with their eyes.
What did ice cream taste like in the Soviet Union?
Food stores were selling liquid (diluted) sour cream out of huge dirty aluminum cans, as well as bitter herring (wrapped in newspaper), thin bluish whole chickens, brick-like bread and tasteless birch-tree juice. Some say today that they miss the Soviet ice cream. Ice cream in the USSR was just as good as it is today.
What is it like to live in a Soviet apartment?
In today’s Russia, people living on ground floors often mount metal bars on their windows and almost all people have steel entrance doors at their apartments. In Soviet times, there were no such things at all.