ТЫ — ПОВАР В СОВЕТСКОЙ СТОЛОВОЙ (И ЭТО ВСЯ ТВОЯ ЖИЗНЬ)

YOU ARE A COOK IN A SOVIET CATERING ROOM (AND THIS IS YOUR WHOLE LIFE) From a laborer to a shop steward. How the Soviet public catering system really worked from the inside. 7 levels of a shadow career: • How to "take" meat without getting caught • How much a cook really earned compared to an engineer • How the food black market works • The role of the OBKhSS, audits, and protection • Why "what's state-owned means nobody's, and nobody's means yours" From the first piece of meat in a bag to a dacha in the Moscow region and a Zhiguli. And then – Perestroika and the transformation into an entrepreneur in the 90s. A harsh, cynical, and brutally honest story of the Soviet shadow economy through the eyes of one cook. #Soviet Union #shadow economy #nesun #tsehovik #USSR #public catering #history of the USSR