Happy Soviet Childhood. Everyday Life of Children in the USSR in Pictures

[@UshankaShow]

My Soviet Childhood Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLNq3y0OU1_BZF6HPveHmnn8jMtacrdwqF My name is Sergei Sputnikoff. I was born in the USSR in 1971 and have lived in the USA since 1999. The Ushanka Show was created to share stories and recollections of everyday life in the USSR. My books about arriving in America are available at www.sputnikoff.com/shop (Russian or English versions) or on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNQR1FBC?binding=paperback&searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tpbk&qid=1688731325&sr=8-1 Fan Mail: Ushanka Show P.O. Box 96 Berrien Springs MI 49103, USA You can support this project with SuperThanks tips, or: Via Patreon here: www.patreon.com/sputnikoff Viia PAYPAL: paypal.me/ushankashow Ushanka Show merchandise: teespring.com/stores/ushanka-show-shop Instagram: instagram.com/ushanka_show

[@lisadavis9356]

What a wonderful book. Thank you for sharing. Takes me back to my own childhood where we played outside.

[@UshankaShow]

@lisadavis9356 👍

[@papaloongie]

Thank you so much for these stories .. Soothing for these difficult times 💐💐

[@martinlugus7242]

One of your best.

[@nekrasoff2644]

Серёга.. Столько хороших воспоминаний, - спасибо тебе за этот экскурс в далёкое детство , без мобильников.. Единственной более-менее современной электронной игрой была, кажется, если не ошибаюсь , она называлась ЭЛЕКТРОНИКА , где волк ловил яйца, плетёной корзинкой.. Тамагочи уже появился гораздо позже.. Да и я тоже прилипал языком на морозе и .. это были санки и это был трэшь.. Ох и влетело мне тогда.. Именно по этому поводу был прикол, когда мои друзья пришли и позвонили к нам в дверь , чтобы спросить .. а Слава выйдет, после чего услышали в ответ .. НЕТ., - Слава наказан !!! Ещё., может ты помнишь, были очень интересные игры, которые назывались ‘’ тореадор’’ и ‘’ слон’’ . Мы за животы держались от смеха, когда в них играли.. И прохожие все смотрели на нас и тоже ржали от нашего дурачества.. Ещё часто в дверные звонки звонили и удирали наутёк..

[@johnorlitta]

It's cool to see how similar we are, regardless of which side of the world we were on. I remember playing "Army" with my friends. I remember "slide projector night", my Dad had an Argus camera and slide projector set and every so often my Dad would get out the box of Kodak projector slides and the projection screen. The projector held two slides at one time and was manually loaded. Originally Dad worked the projector but every once in a while my brother or I would take over.

[@KARL-lc6du]

Hope you're doing well! Saw the live stream. It was cool!

[@ZacBoulton-wb5zy]

What you called plantain we call doc leaves in UK. They actually work on nettle stings, we used to mash them up in a jar and apply the juice to nettle stings. We used to get stung on on legs all the time if we were wearing shorts. Wow that takes me back fifty years, there may also be a message about the similarity between Soviet and UK lives buried in there somewhere :)

[@PatriciaSmith-f5b]

What an adorable book. 🙂

[@jonathananderson9769]

The thing with the hot jars on the back is known in English as Cupping - it’s a very ancient treatment for many things. It fell out of favour in the West in the 19th century - partly because it was often taken to an extreme where the skin was blistered, so as to remove “Bad Blood”, and Doctors were often accused of overuse, to the point of harming patients.

[@andrefiset3569]

They also lightly scratch the skin with a razor before applying the cup I saw in a movie.

[@jonathananderson9769]

Yep they also they even had special metal boxes with a Lever, that when pressed Razor blades would pop out and pierce the skin. The wonderful treatments people had back then!

[@knightsofjupiter753]

Always love your videos

[@johngorentz6409]

I've seen some of those things in Russian movies, but I enjoy hearing you tell of your own experiences with them. It also helps me know the extent to which the movies represented real life, and to know what people actually thought of all these items and activities. There was a lot here that I hadn't seen in movies, too.

[@karlshorstzwei]

20:06 Among American Catholics, the term used was "leave room for the Holy Spirit," hahaha.

[@pirx9798]

10:30 except when they suddenly had classical music, that was cool 😂

[@DouglasdV-x9l]

l like the book you reviewed. Evgena had a talent for capturing a moment.

[@Balthorium]

A surprising number of childhood similarities between USA and USSR kids. We did the same thing at camp with toothpaste or pen haha and our school sent us out in a capitalist version of the recycling where we sold magazine subscriptions. We won and got to go to Disneyland as our reward. Once they mentioned that Disneyland was the reward nothing could stop us. They actually took us to Disneyland. It was great. Makes me sad thinking about Ukrainians and Russians are fighting when there are people around the world who we have nothing in common with like in Syria.

[@jyy9624]

You have much in common with all peoples

[@samuelmmmk181]

Laughter sounds the same the world over.

[@fetijajasari9522]

We all bleed red blood,we all like a safe, quiet life, we all want to be happy and fulfilled. Isn't that enough?

[@Sinn0100]

Wait.... I thought you guys had counterfeit Nes's called Dendy? I have also heard you had a huge, thriving ZX Spectrum community as well. I know the MSX and MSX2 microcomputers were popular in the Soviet Union just before it completely collapsed. My information comes from The Soviet Russian Show. Addendum- We played a lot of these games as kids. Like hopscotch and the water bottle thing was huge here during the 1980s, but we used water guns. Even though everyone had telephones I would walk (or ride a bike) to friends homes all the time. We (Gen X) is considered to be the last feral generation.

[@Leo-yr5jb]

This is true only after the USSR collace. Home computers were not excluding rare cases when you were busy servicing dozens of computers at work and could take one fictitious repairs by pieces. Theoretically, you could buy a computer by receiving a special ticket and paying a lot of money. They were inaccessible since the Soviet electronic industry could not even cover the needs of factories, institutions and schools. When the consciousness of the union broke up, these computers became available for people all organizations began to buy Western comuters since they could make a large ducking and receive cheaper computers who were technologically ahead of 5-8 years old, and old commercialists sold people at a low price or sold special traders Which carried out their full service and sold them as new. But all this was in the 90s. Again, Dandy appeared only in 1992, too, also after the collapse of the USSR.

[@russellfreestone8580]

Very interesting, I should think most modern children would be devastated, but look what they missed out on.

[@BrianKelsay]

Interesting how similar the kids games were to here in US.

[@gwc656g]

kids is kids, it's politicians that ruin the world.

[@daniellemuaddib8016]

wonderful! where can we find this book?

[@Donaldperson7]

We use to have tomato juice that had hot spicy it was great!

[@michelerosequreshey8345]

Try V8 spicy 😊

[@Donaldperson7]

@ that is exactly what I was talking about

[@564df6g5h4d6f5g4h6d5]

Have you ever seen the film Citizen X 1995? I would love to get your take on how accurate that is, thank you bye.

[@fionad9913]

Sergei has recommended this movie before, he thought it was pretty accurate. There is no specific video about it though I think.

[@Kai-u9n]

as an american it's insane to me that as a child in soviet union everytime ur tooth was loose you were able to go to a dentist to get them pulled professionally but in america there were times we didnt have health insurance as children despite some programs to prevent that with lower income people. at some points our father would earn to much and we would lose our state insurance and he couldnt afford to pay for insurance through his work. and so we couldnt go to the doctor and our parents wouldnt address a cavity unless we were in constant pain to avoid the expenses they couldnt afford.

[@anibaldietrich4825]

Hola en el min 24 la planta de usos medicinales se llama ¨llanten¨ en Argentina y sudamerica .saludos desde Argentina .

[@Donaldperson7]

We would collect bottles and newspapers and aluminum cans and get a little money for ice cream, soda, candy, etc.

[@Zen-Skye]

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[@NorthernChev]

I never liked cotton candy, even as a kid.

[@Donaldperson7]

If you had a little money on Friday or Saturday night go to an indoor ice skating rink!’

[@Donaldperson7]

What about fishing? And hot rodding cars?

[@run2fire]

Go to the doctor to yank a baby tooth?! Socialized medicine is the way to go!😅

[@nekrasoff2644]

Это было в пионерских лагерях, как правило в конце смены.. Видимо, устав держаться от девочек на пионерском расстоянии мы мазали спящих зубной пастой ..

[@Donaldperson7]

Did you play spin the bottle? And get a kiss? Or something else?

[@besconst]

ofcourse

[@Кипящийразум]

When we were kids, our toys were nailed to the floor...

[@UshankaShow]

Наше детство это скользкий подоконник чугунные кроватки и деревянные игрушки