SOVIET UNION: WAY OF LIFE. 1945–1985
This book exposes the reader to one of the most interesting aspects of our history — the Soviet way of life, the social, economic, and everyday circumstances in which that history was made. And these circumstances are not only interesting but extraordinarily important. After all, in essence, at the foundation of any achievement lies nothing other than man’s aspiration to change his life for the better.
Way of life is determined by the nature of the social order. Socialism destroyed the foundations of the old way of life: taverns and slums, churches, gambling and ignorance were replaced by clubs, theaters, universities of cultures, comfortable residences, books, electricity, and television.
It is not enough to build beautiful new apartment buildings and neighborhoods; the people must learn to live in them beautifully, in the new way. And in order for that to happen, we must lovingly improve each street and courtyard by planting trees and gardens; we must work so that cafeterias, stores, workshops, and studios satisfy the needs of the population; we must voluntarily observe the rules of socialist communal living.
