MOSCOW MCDONALDS with Christopher Plummer (1990)

[@andreyamelkin8471]

It's just amazing to spot some of my classmates in this video!.. 30 years have past since then!! Where are you now, Julia??.. Our school was pretty close to this McDonald's and we would often skip that long line as the staff already knew us well:) I'm not a big fan of fast food, but I still keep that souvenir badge as a memory of the opening of this restaurant. For us, who had never been abroad before, it was like a tiny window into the western world back then and the charming smiles of the staff made this 'trip' easier! Though, honestly, it was the international Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989 (for the first time in the USSR!), when I and thousands of people could taste the freedom in the air, which was also depicted in Klaus Meine's immortal hit 'Wind of Change' released a year later. A lot of famous rock and pop musicians such as Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi and others took part in it. It was so unusual to see some of them walking down Arbat street or even playing the acoustic guitar just like ordinary street musicians! Unforgettable moments... Thanks for posting such a nostalgic documentary!

[@LickMyMusketBallsYankee]

The smiles made it easier? I was watching a different news report on this and one of the staff said people questioned her why she was smiling, she said they thought she was laughing at them. Made me think smiling was uncommon over there.

[@whitebenrr9504]

@@LickMyMusketBallsYankee that’s just Russian culture

[@murienrouge]

2022. The era of McDonald's in Soviet Russia just finished. The tiny window into the western world is closed and dissapeared along with remains of freedom.

[@Vahe345]

@@murienrouge Freedom has always been limited in different countries in different ways. Don't think you are so free in America and don't think Russians are not so free. It just depends on what when and where. Think accurately. Do you want examples? There are many. Mcdonalds is not the most important thing in life sorry to spoil it for you.

[@aheatherw88]

Very interesting documentary

[@Ararechan74]

Just wanted to chime in and say I LOVE that you included the adverts. Thank you for this!!

[@ApprenPlayer]

RIP Christopher Plummer.

[@Armis71]

I thought Christopher Plummer was going to live forever!!! RIP Captain Von Trapp!

[@wmonger]

Ahhhh, back when the ice cream machine worked.

[@notsojharedtroll23]

Omg bruh

[@davidwilliams4696]

🤣😂😂

[@fisterhr]

Let's be fair, these last couple of years they've gotten better on making sure they work again thanks, most likely, to a documentary here on You Tube on the Johnny Hayes channel. I think McDonald's responded by making things right in improving the maintenance of their ice cream machines. The name of the video is "The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken". It got 12 million views and 550K likes so far since it was released three years ago.

[@halicarnassus8235]

Upvote this video to reach the notice of the YT algorithm. Ive been searching for a first McDonald's in Russia Puskin Square longer documentary for a while. And i'm sure many of you here have also.

[@justiceformattlabbe8021]

When McDonald's opened in Russia it was 1 of the final signs that the Cold war was coming to an end

[@philviana6752]

Fui comer McDonald,s a primeira vez quando tinha 12 anos. No Brasil, era comida de rico na década de 90

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Nice bit of history here!

[@AlejandroKar98k]

That child at the end was wholesome

[@Ludamage]

Thanks for this material. The nostalgic rememberings about first soviet McD has been discussed lately in several russian social medias. However, i'll share this material. Never knew or saw how all this happened (im russian but lives far from Moscow), just saw a couple photos and some video piece what people think of such fastfood innovation back in the days.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

No doubt the changes that were taking place during this time must've been pretty unique for your country undergoing a lot of changes.

[@Ludamage]

@@ChristopherSobieniak Yeah, now MCDs everywhere...even in my city in several places alongside with the other brands like KFC. FASTFOOD FORCE GO! XD

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@Ludamage Doesn't sound too different from a normal American town these days.

[@도영민-w4c]

Germany ~ Holland ~ Indonesia ~ China ~ Japan ドイツ ~ オランダ ~ インドネシア ~ 中国 ~ 日本

[@uhf001]

where's the sound!

[@victoruribe2465]

McDonald’s no longer exists in 🇷🇺 today due to the war in Ukraine. Right now, all 800 restaurants re-opened with a new name: “Tasty & That’s It” without the Big Macs and Chicken McNuggets.

[@paulbeaver1]

Tasty & That’s It is not McDonald's. McDonald's is McDonald's That's it!

[@ApprenPlayer]

But the Big Mac eventually returned to the "new McDonald's" in the reopened restaurant.

[@themastersb]

Very iconic. McDonalds marked the moment Russia opened up to the western world and the departure of McDonalds 30 years later was from Russia shutting itself away from the western world.

[@privateemail5870]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Russia didn't shut itself off from anyone - America forced all of its puppet states to follow its lead and isolate Russia.

[@fisterhr]

@@privateemail5870 Thank you.

[@capitalist4life]

RIP Moscow’s McDonalds (1990-2022) It’s such a shame what happened in 2022. We should still be doing business with Russia. War is less likely when both sides are profiting off each other.

[@kimbo9547]

Nice

[@salianni16]

McDonalds In Moscow: Where you DON'T deserve a break today!

[@jenrose4177]

Just what Russia needed. Fast food.👍🦄🤣

[@Ludamage]

Thanks Gorbachov for Pizza Hut as well XD

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@Ludamage I can't fault him for that! Your country deserved pizza.

[@Ludamage]

@@ChristopherSobieniak Thanks Pizza for existance :D

[@johnh1001]

You guys should be more patriotic , go to Burger King . Right ? ! ? !

[@hezleydino5999]

You Asia, Vietnam? 🇻🇳

[@ApprenPlayer]

McDonald’s had opened in Vietnam in 2014 and only has 35 outlets mostly in large cities

[@BlackBox863]

MUST CRUSH CAPITALISM !!!

[@Veritech2011]

Soviet Union, I thought you guys broke up?

[@ALuimes]

@@Veritech2011 Russia was still the USSR in 1990

[@Veritech2011]

@@ALuimes I was quoting a line from The Simpson

[@brinjoness3386]

Anyone know if valery Zharov had a son called Aleksandr? Spaseba. I can't find much info about them on the Web. And Aleksandr is on th sanctions lists of Europe and the USA. Naughty boy

[@shawnhorning2125]

Which ones were CIA agent’s

[@miguelrojas641]

more worried how many kgb at that time

[@regend1509]

nice document

[@JTDyer21]

Imagine American society without McDonald's.

[@EchoEchoChi]

god the propaganda and absolute simpage for mcdonalds is astounding