TITLE: "What you can buy for 1000 Soviet rubles" [This infographic compares the USSR and Ukraine. On the left is 1000 Soviet rubles, on the right is 1000 hryvnia.]
SUBTITLE:"'News of Kramatorsk' decided to compare what you can buy with 1000 hryvnia today and what you could buy with 1000 rubles during the Soviet Union"
POTATOES: 3 tons vs 140 kg
LOAVES OF BREAD: 6,600 vs 200
VODKA: 333 bottles vs 33 bottles
A VAZ 2113: 1/10 of the price vs 1/70 of the price
LAND IN THE PODMOSKOVYE (LESS THAN 50 MILES AWAY FROM MOSCOW): 1200 square meters vs approx. 1.3 square meters
PAIRS OF MENS PANTS OF RUSSIAN ORIGIN: 125 pairs vs 2-3 pairs
GOLDEN RINGS, WEIGHING APPROX 1.5 GRAMS: 15 rings vs 2 rings
CANS OF RED CAVIAR: 250 cans vs 10 cans
BUS PASSES (2 RIDES A DAY, 5 DAYS A WEEK) 41 years vs 6 months
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TITLE: "What you can buy for 1000 Soviet rubles"
[This infographic compares the USSR and Ukraine. On the left is 1000 Soviet rubles, on the right is 1000 hryvnia.]
SUBTITLE:"'News of Kramatorsk' decided to compare what you can buy with 1000 hryvnia today and what you could buy with 1000 rubles during the Soviet Union"
POTATOES:
3 tons vs 140 kg
LOAVES OF BREAD:
6,600 vs 200
VODKA:
333 bottles vs 33 bottles
A VAZ 2113:
1/10 of the price vs 1/70 of the price
LAND IN THE PODMOSKOVYE (LESS THAN 50 MILES AWAY FROM MOSCOW):
1200 square meters vs approx. 1.3 square meters
PAIRS OF MENS PANTS OF RUSSIAN ORIGIN:
125 pairs vs 2-3 pairs
GOLDEN RINGS, WEIGHING APPROX 1.5 GRAMS:
15 rings vs 2 rings
CANS OF RED CAVIAR:
250 cans vs 10 cans
BUS PASSES (2 RIDES A DAY, 5 DAYS A WEEK)
41 years vs 6 months