Comments on: Belarus: Memories of the Soviet Past http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/06/06/belarus-memories-of-the-soviet-past/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 27 May 2012 06:55:59 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Veronica Khokhlova http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/06/06/belarus-memories-of-the-soviet-past/comment-page-1/#comment-101515 Veronica Khokhlova Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:52:08 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=11388#comment-101515 The photo's linked from this English-language site: <a href="http://www.belarusguide.com/travel1/Money.html" rel="nofollow">Money & Prices in Belarus</a>. It's taken at a Minsk farmers' market on August 22, 2000, and shows the prices for meat, fruit, veggies, etc. Looks very interestingly Soviet to me - would have never guessed what year it is, I'm afraid. Though, of course, the Soviet, pre-inflation, prices looked different - three-digit figures were not for ordinary citizens (a teacher's salary was 120 rubles a month). The photo’s linked from this English-language site: Money & Prices in Belarus. It’s taken at a Minsk farmers’ market on August 22, 2000, and shows the prices for meat, fruit, veggies, etc. Looks very interestingly Soviet to me – would have never guessed what year it is, I’m afraid. Though, of course, the Soviet, pre-inflation, prices looked different – three-digit figures were not for ordinary citizens (a teacher’s salary was 120 rubles a month).

]]> By: David Sasaki http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/06/06/belarus-memories-of-the-soviet-past/comment-page-1/#comment-101507 David Sasaki Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:35:15 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=11388#comment-101507 Veronika, could you give me some more context to the photo posted in <a href="http://aneta-spb.livejournal.com/157491.html?thread=898355#t898355" rel="nofollow">this comment</a>? For some reason it fascinates me - the expression on each face, the bottle of coke, the soldier and young woman ... I'm just curious as to why the commenter put it there. Thanks! Veronika, could you give me some more context to the photo posted in this comment? For some reason it fascinates me – the expression on each face, the bottle of coke, the soldier and young woman …

I’m just curious as to why the commenter put it there. Thanks!

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