I indirectly knew Soviet culture during the late Brezhnev era and forward, but never lived in the USSR myself. It seems that Russians were generally proud of th

I indirectly knew Soviet culture during the late Brezhnev era and forward, but never lived in the USSR myself. It seems that Russians were generally proud of their society and optimistic about its direction during the 1950-1960s. It was in the 1970s that disillusion set in. There was much optimistic literature about Soviet life produced in the 1950-1960s that represented honest belief.