It was a complete fucking shithole my grandpa used to run a shop on the border and they would come over and buy stuff with vodka bottles and other goods it was basically a medieval barter system because the ruble was completely fucking worthless
>>214739185
no surprises here. The ruble had a fixed value due to planned economy, while other currencies were dependant of the market or dollar value. The ruble value further deteriorated when the Soviet Union opened their markets to the world
>>214738901 (OP)
Biggest question of my life. Would i be a clueless soviet normie without having access to internet, or i would be the same person as i'm now and would just use other sources of information from the evil western capitalists. Keep in mind i started to despise soviet/russian led world and being "liberashka" when Ukraine was still a pro-russian satelitte state.