Two films that debunk the prosperity myth of Brezhnev era are named

The idea that the USSR boasted a booming economy under Brezhnev and that there were no empty shelves in stores can be easily refuted by Soviet films, such as 100 Grams for Bravery and Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears.

According to blogger Maxim Mirovich, these movies clearly illustrate the shortage of goods in the Soviet Union. He spoke about this in an interview with OBOZREVATEL.

"I recommend watching the movie 100 Grams for Bravery, as well as the store scenes from the movie Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears, when women run to a cart with cheap boiled sausage rolled out of the back room. In these films, made in the mid-1970s, we see the same miserable Soviet grocery stores, lined with rows of canned foods as if the whole country is going on a hike to praise communism," the blogger noted.

According to Mirovich, the country's store abundance is a testament to the large number of private firms and small businesses that produce competitive products, to the technology of high-quality cultivation and storage of vegetables and fruits, and to the developed logistics that allows for the rapid delivery of perishable products.

"None of this existed in the USSR in the 50s, 70s, or 80s. Instead, there was sour liquid sour cream (which was diluted at all stages), vegetable depots with rotten cabbage (which engineers were sent to sort through), good meat being sold only to elites, and so on. Speaking of the USSR's alleged prosperity, it never happened, it's just another myth of communism fans," the blogger emphasized.