The Main Symbols of a Great Country. From the "Ilyich Light Bulb" to the Lunokhod
69.99 €
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The Main Symbols of a Great Country. From the "Ilyich Light Bulb" to the Lunokhod
69.99 €
Satellites, party cards. Tarpaulin boots, kvass barrels, "thick" magazines. The Red Arrow express train, Zhiguli cars, pioneer ties. What unites all these dissimilar objects?
The answer is the Soviet Union. A country that "lived" only 74 years, but left behind a huge number of objects that influenced the lifestyle of several generations. After all, millions of people rode the subway, received party and Komsomol cards, drank kvass and beer from cast mugs, ate ice cream, flew Aeroflot planes, watched programs on color and black-and-white TVs and listened to "enemy voices" on the radio. These and other things became real symbols, or, as it is fashionable to say today, the cultural code of that Soviet era.
The book by Evgeny Matonin is just about them. About the history of things that surrounded the Soviet person. Reading these stories, written seemingly seriously, but at the same time with humor and subtle irony, citizens of the former USSR will probably remember their childhood and youth with nostalgia. And younger people will be able to learn a lot of new things for themselves. And, looking at photographs of things from the Soviet era (there are more than 1000 of them in the book), you will better understand your moms and dads, grandpas and grandmas. After all, they were the ones who built huge factories, wore five-pointed stars and chased after “tea with an elephant.” And they were no less happy with yellow barrels of kvass than with the flights of spaceships, which, as they said in the famous Soviet comedy, “furrow the expanses of the Universe.”
Reasons to buy the book:
- A comprehensive narrative about the main objects that became symbols of the USSR: more than 150 chapters and 1000 photographs, arranged in chronological order.
- The lively and easy language of the story will allow you to enjoy the memories, and the unique visuals will resurrect slightly forgotten images. The abundance of humor on the pages will take you with a smile through all the years of the country's existence.
- You will understand how everyday objects acquired cult status through folklore, cinema, literature, and fine art.
- For the younger generation, the book will become a textbook on "what their parents, grandparents are made of."
- An excellent gift for almost any holiday.
- Large format, excellent printing.
The answer is the Soviet Union. A country that "lived" only 74 years, but left behind a huge number of objects that influenced the lifestyle of several generations. After all, millions of people rode the subway, received party and Komsomol cards, drank kvass and beer from cast mugs, ate ice cream, flew Aeroflot planes, watched programs on color and black-and-white TVs and listened to "enemy voices" on the radio. These and other things became real symbols, or, as it is fashionable to say today, the cultural code of that Soviet era.
The book by Evgeny Matonin is just about them. About the history of things that surrounded the Soviet person. Reading these stories, written seemingly seriously, but at the same time with humor and subtle irony, citizens of the former USSR will probably remember their childhood and youth with nostalgia. And younger people will be able to learn a lot of new things for themselves. And, looking at photographs of things from the Soviet era (there are more than 1000 of them in the book), you will better understand your moms and dads, grandpas and grandmas. After all, they were the ones who built huge factories, wore five-pointed stars and chased after “tea with an elephant.” And they were no less happy with yellow barrels of kvass than with the flights of spaceships, which, as they said in the famous Soviet comedy, “furrow the expanses of the Universe.”
Reasons to buy the book:
- A comprehensive narrative about the main objects that became symbols of the USSR: more than 150 chapters and 1000 photographs, arranged in chronological order.
- The lively and easy language of the story will allow you to enjoy the memories, and the unique visuals will resurrect slightly forgotten images. The abundance of humor on the pages will take you with a smile through all the years of the country's existence.
- You will understand how everyday objects acquired cult status through folklore, cinema, literature, and fine art.
- For the younger generation, the book will become a textbook on "what their parents, grandparents are made of."
- An excellent gift for almost any holiday.
- Large format, excellent printing.
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