Here is a twee col­lec­tion of paint­ings by var­i­ous Russ­ian artists pic­tur­ing break­fast time in Rus­sia of dif­fer­ent peri­ods, from 1918 through­out to late 1970s. It pro­vides some insights into an every­day life of sim­ple peo­ple and their meals on the go, before work, very low key and casual.

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The every day Soviet life was far from lux­u­ri­ous, how­ever, the gov­ern­ment had its ways of mak­ing peo­ple believe that life was good and con­stantly get­ting bet­ter. An inter­est­ing means of achiev­ing it was a notable culi­nary book pub­lished in the USSR  –  The Book On Tasty and Healthy Foods. This book, a few inches thick, turned […]

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In the Soviet times there was a great short­age of all con­sumer prod­ucts. Clothes or food were no excep­tion. In order to buy some bread peo­ple were ready to spend hours and hours queu­ing up.
1983. A long queue into the footwear store. The length of the line implies that peo­ple would expect to buy imported footwear  which […]

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