That.. was not exactly true. We had giant pig farms and meat factories, from where almost all stuff that was produced was sent to Russia, whereas meat was scarc

That.. was not exactly true. We had giant pig farms and meat factories, from where almost all stuff that was produced was sent to Russia, whereas meat was scarce in local shops. So if stuff wasn't available here, then it must have been even worse in other places. And at the same time we were producing a lot more meat and foodstuff than the local population would have ever needed, but it was sent to some other places. Instead we got big heavy industry or military factories where the raw materials were brought in to produce useless stuff that we didn't need, that was again sent away to somewhere else. The stupid economics of soviet planned economy..