An average monthly salary for an engineer or a teacher was about 160-180 roubles. Factory workers or track drivers were paid more, around 200 roubles. This can

An average monthly salary for an engineer or a teacher was about 160-180 roubles. Factory workers or track drivers were paid more, around 200 roubles. This can give you a better idea on what 115 roubles were; converting 1980 roubles to 2021 dollars is completely misleading.