The highest official salary was about 1200 roubles a month - two people had this salary, Prime Minister and President of USSR Academy of Sciences. Nevertheless,

The highest official salary was about 1200 roubles a month - two people had this salary, Prime Minister and President of USSR Academy of Sciences. Nevertheless, there were people earning (illegally, of course) tens of millions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsekhovik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsekhovik