Modern youth constantly hears from their ancestors that "it was better in Soviet times", "it was very good in the USSR", "we lived much better under the union." You know, when you watch a film about those times, for example, the TV series "Eighties", it seems that it was really cooler then. Although, well, what kind of steepness can we speak if there was a shortage of food, strict adherence to "Soviet rules", and indeed "there was no sex in the USSR"? In reality, the USSR was a country of social stratification and strong inequality! But still, who did it well then?
That is who lived well in the USSR!
Soviet party nomenclature
There were people in the USSR who, despite the misfortune of the rest of the people, could enjoy all the benefits available. It is from these people that more stories about a comfortable life come. Because they had an excellent salary, they could easily travel abroad and purchase imported goods. This was not available to ordinary Soviet citizens.
Workers with access to resource allocation
In the Communist Party, such could not be members, but they had access to the Soviet distribution system. For example, they worked in the system of "carve-up" of apartments, were store managers or warehouse managers. They were given bribes to speed up their work. This also includes some of the "tops" of universities. For admission, deans or rectors could take money from applicants. This also includes the head doctors, in general, those who took money in their pockets for something.
Criminal layer and shadow entrepreneurs
One was often associated with the other. For example, theft of large amounts of fuel, clandestine jeans sewing. Such people had excellent income, for example, the usual average salary was 120, and the income of a shadow entrepreneur was 10,000 rubles! Well, I don't think it's worth talking about criminals, everything is clear. They lived well, but some did not live long. Remember the TV series "Brigade". The guys from the film lived in constant fear, but their families did not need anything. And how they ended their existence, you probably all remember ...
Excellent specialists
The specialists were in great demand in the USSR, because many worked according to the principle: "I pretend that I work well, and the state pretends that it pays me well." Dentists, locksmiths, plumbers - could live like everyone else, or they were specialists and lived better. Of course, in comparison with the previous "types" of specialists, the salary was significantly lower, but higher than the average income by 2-3 times.
People of rare professions and military
Military high posts, scientists - chemists and physicists, operators of nuclear power plants, pilots of civil aviation, etc. received very well. - people who were rare specialists. But we can also say that these people received not as people from the first points, but more than the average worker.
Perhaps you will have something to supplement my list, but I got it like this. All the groups listed above lived in the USSR just fine, but they made up a little in number. The rest almost 90% had a poverty-stricken existence. They lived on a salary of 120 rubles, or even less, and sometimes did not have the opportunity to buy even the most necessary things.
I look forward to your comments. Who did your parents and grandparents work in Soviet times? What was their income? Just wondering what the salaries of people of different professions were!
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