How to Buy a Soviet Dream

A Soviet man dreamed of three things - an apartment, a car, and a dacha. But realistically he could only buy one third of that dream for money - a car. And even that was not so simple- the free sale of cars in private hands in the USSR formally began in 1948, but thereafter it was almost impossible to come and buy a car in a store. The average citizen had to sign up on a waiting list for a car and wait 7 to 10 years. Today I will tell you how car sales were arranged in the Soviet Union, who could afford it, and whether there were any workarounds to avoid waiting 10 years to buy your dream car. Special thanks to my Patrons: Giovanni Zayas; Kirill Klimuk; Simon Böse; Steak221; Steven; Yelizaveta Zakharova; Adam Stakhanov; Bálint Hegyi; Devon Hodgson; Joseph; Max; nathan h.; Michael Cottow; Mike Pearce; Ravenghast; Sarah McMaster; Triskelia; Petar Kerelov; Yuval Carmon. If you'd like to support the channel: 💵 Patreon (early access to videos) -   / setarko   🪙 BTC - bc1qh8szz62crxu9ylg2jx9dz3t6vzzjdw2rheft2m 🪙 ETH - 0x19F11A86adf1ec4DDebEC0f27982805B1d1aba67 🪙 USDT (TRC20) - TYG76yndvrDD8WM9TtkBGauT7682esKZfu 🪙 Other crypto - https://nowpayments.io/donation/setarko Links: Discord -   / discord   Twitter -   / setarkoyt   Hey there. Somehow you found my video and decided to watch it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Sergei and I'm from Russia. My channel is about my native country. I want to tell English-speaking viewers about the real Russia, about its past and present. Unfortunately, you can find a lot of propaganda about Russia on the Internet, both from the Russian media and from the Western ones. I want to tell you about Russia, as it really is, the country in which I was born, grew up, and lived all my life. Free Stock Footage provided by Videvo.net and Videezy.com.