Evgeniy Kiselev: "The Great Combinator"

“But do you know how the Soviet Union differed from today’s Russia?

A Soviet person could have been hit over the head with something heavy, woken up in the middle of the night and asked: what will happen in 1980? And even in a state of heavy drinking, the Soviet man confidently answered: by 1980, the foundations of a communist society will be built in the country. After all, the party solemnly promised back in the early 60s: the current generation of Soviet people will live under communism.

I remember that in my first school history textbook there was a beautiful infographic that explained what awaits us in 1980: separate apartments for each family, free housing and communal services, free medicines, free public transport, etc.”