Three out of four Russians think the Soviet era was the best time in their country’s history, according to a survey published by the independent Levada Center pollster on Tuesday.
Russians have expressed increasingly positive opinions about the Soviet Union over the years, with nostalgia toward the U.S.S.R. and approval of Stalin hitting record highs in the past year or so.
Just 18% of Russian respondents said they disagree with the idea that the Soviet Union was the best time in their country’s history, Levada said.
Despite this, only 28% of respondents said they would want to “return to the path that the Soviet Union was following.” Fifty-eight said they support Russia’s “own, special way” and 10% said they preferred the European path of development.
When asked to name the things they associate with the Soviet era, 16% of respondents pointed to “future stability and confidence” and 15% said they associated it with “a good life in the country.” Eleven percent said they associate the Soviet era with personal memories from their childhood or youth.
Only a small portion of those surveyed said they had negative associations with the Soviet Union. The economic deficit, long lines and coupons were named by 4% of respondents each, while the Iron Curtain, economic stagnation and political repressions were named by 1% each, the Levada Center said.
Levada sociologist Karina Pipiya told the Vedomosti business daily that while Russians tend to view the Soviet era in a mostly positive light, their personal memories of that time have largely been replaced by a general image of social stability, confidence in the future and a good life during that time.
According to Pipiya, nostalgia for the Soviet Union is more common among older generations, but it exists among younger people as well. The so-called romanticization of the Soviet past doesn’t necessarily equal a wish for the Soviet system’s return, Vedomosti quoted Pipia as saying.
Andrei Kolesnikov, a senior associate at the Carnegie Center Moscow think tank, told Vedomosti that the poll’s results are a reflection of the public’s sentiments toward Russia’s current reality.
“The Soviet era may not be seen as a time of high living standards, but as a time of justice. Today’s state capitalism is viewed as unfair: the injustice is in distribution, access to goods and infrastructure. And this feeling is growing stronger,” Vedomosti quoted Kolesnikov as saying.
(c) The Moscow Times
I’m not sure how the sheep can say the Soviet era was the greatest time in the history of Russia, but they don’t want to return to the path the USSR was following. The USSR has been resurrected under their noses for the past 20 years, only without the slave states that provided the Russian economy with everything they needed.
Yeah…
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…and this was not Corona.
How are you feeling today Mike?
Getting better. My heart problems decreased, my financial problems increased. 😀
Tomorrow a friend from Shreveport will call me back, he offered to bail me out. Will have to see if he’s able to do so.
Hope it pans out for you. Mine haven’t yet, but we’ll see……
I looked up notable persons from Shreveport and there are a lot of them! Including a couple of funky musicians with Elvis links : DJ Fontana and the great James Burton, to name but two. Then there are other music legends ; Faron Young, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Hank Williams Jr. Very cool: sounds like a jumping town. And then there is my favourite: the old blues master himself: Leadbelly. (Huddle Leadbetter).
You sound like a big fan of my state. After Katrina and now in times of Corona, great to read. Should The Big Easy get hit by Corona more severely, there could arise a human disaster, since many black people there live in slums without any hygienic standards or clean drinking water. Same could be said about Rio. Shameful but true.
I certainly am Mike. I have traveled in LA twice and have great memories of the Big Easy, Breaux Bridge, Baton Rouge and the Bayou. I stayed on a farm with some Cajun musicians, which was a blast (apart from the mosquitos, which were the size of fucking helicopters).
Yes, it is sadly a very poor state, but the people are really good.
Ha,ha,ha! To this day i have red marks on my left arm because of fucking gnats from my childhood when i went fishing with my dad. Yes, our people are lovely, but so are people from East Anglia, in particular the women. 😀 I spent some time in Norwich and east London in the 90’s, was a great time. I even met ‘Baby Spice’ and Mr.T while i was there. Friends told me it is not the same today, but i will keep my wonderful memories of a time before Islam and before Corona forever. Best was the London aquarium and Madamme Tussauds. 😀
Snowden just posted that civil rights in Denmark are canceled. Seems Moscow wants my Danes to die. Time this fuck will hang!
Ok. Let me know or you can try to poke around here. I think we are able to open a fundraising post here. I think it’s PayPal.
Ha,ha ha! Thanx so much, bro! But i think i can handle it myself. In case we are all broke we can still beg for cash together here. 😂
It looks like it’s possible:
Collect one-time payments
Add a payment button to any post or page to collect PayPal payments for physical products, digital goods, services, or donations. Available to any site with a Premium plan.
Notice the calculator at the checkout. LMAO
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Baaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Off topic: We now have a ‘tp emergency hotline’ in our city. If one runs out of tp, one can call, and then military will drop a pack of 12 rolls toiletpaper at the door. LMFAO!
What about wine? LMAO
Ha,ha,ha! What do you think i have in my basement. A five year stash! I only hope there will be no fire, LMAO!
Looks like that picture is from 2014? ;))
Congratulations, Putler, you have destroyed Russia to the point that they think the CCCP was better…
Hey, but look at our glorious past, and Putin promised us a bright future. Now where I have I heard that before? 😁
Yeah, not every country descends into a gas station that steals toilets from their neighbors and then gives medals to the thieves.
This poll, if true, does not reflect well for the dwarf’s reign.
Well, those old enough to remember the SU days, know that people back then got paid for doing almost nothing while today they get paid almost nothing for their work. If you ask me, both these systems suck.
Considering the shithole their country is turning into I can’t say I blame them. The USSR was not much but at least the there was a moral principle that the stat should provide the people SOMETHING. And if that was not much then at least most of the people had a subsistence living.
Under Putin’s Kleptocracy the only guiding principle is take what you can when ever you can. Gice the people just enough so they don’t riot.