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Yeah, I was somewhat surprised by those. "Classes" on domestic flights in the USSR?! And yeah, GUM was (and still is) a department store for Soviet citizens - h
by ikonst 9y ago
Yeah, I was somewhat surprised by those. "Classes" on domestic flights in the USSR?! And yeah, GUM was (and still is) a department store for Soviet citizens - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUM_(department_store) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUM_(department_store).
- thriftwy 9y agoActually I won't be surprised about classes, given that railway trains had up to 5 different classes of carriages.
- googamooga 9y agoNo, long-distance trains had four classes: SV (two beds per cabin), Coupe (four beds per cabin), Platzkart (six beds per cabin) and Sitting (no beds, just benches). This classification goes back to Tzar (pre-revolution) times. It has nothing to do with air transportation which has been developed in Soviet era, where everebody was equal. edit: minor mistakes.
- thriftwy 9y agoWeren't there also Soft ("мягкий", two posh beds per cabin)?
- googamooga 9y agoThis is exactly SV ("спальный вагон"). https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C...
- thriftwy 9y agoApparently it's a different thing: https://www.ozon.travel/help/railway/preparation/trains/ https://www.ozon.travel/help/railway/preparation/trains/ As far as I understand, М has private bathroom but СВ doesn't. It's confusing but I'm sure I saw them sold at different prices.
- googamooga 9y agoAre we discussing 1982 or 2017? :-) There were no bathtubs on the trains in 1980-s in Soviet Union...