| Unidentified photographer (Russia) Soviet-era shop window display, [Album of window recommendations from the Soviet Ministry of Commerce] 1960s Gelatin silver print Private collection of Sergey Maximishin LL/104941 (Sergey Maximishin, 30 September 2020) In the 60s in the USSR there were big problems with food. Grocery store shelves were usually empty. In the mid-60s the USSR first purchased wheat in the West. This was the beginning of the end of the Empire.
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