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The Soviet Union fell, among other things.
by NotreDev 10y ago
The Soviet Union fell, among other things.
- ptaipale 10y agoPresumably, in this context meaning that there was much more literature available for reading?
- coldtea 10y agoProbably that people had a much harder time surviving to read as much...
- ptaipale 10y agoI don't think so. I'm sure reading was encouraged in USSR. Just not reading the wrong books. But overall, people got good education to culture there. It was one of the ideals of the soviet state that actually worked. Only in the later stages of decline, when economy was tanking and people spent half their time queuing for things, they probably had less time to read...
- coldtea 10y ago>Only in the later stages of decline, when economy was tanking and people spent half their time queuing for things, they probably had less time to read... That's what I meant: in the turmoil of 1991 and beyond, people would have less time to read...
- ptaipale 10y agoOr you could say that post-1991 they had other things to do (to survive, or to entertain themselves: Western movies etc became available.) However I was thinking already 1980's: probably the dysfunction of the economy had an impact on people people's reading (like, do you typically read a book while you are at the meat shop queue or shoe shop queue?)
- PerfectDlite 10y agoAfter 1991 they have a lot of other entertainments to spend a time on - pirated videos, more than 3 state-approved TV channels, spread of BBS, FIDO and Internet...