> The 70s and early 80s did not have a lot of the problems that arose in 1989. In late 1980s the systemic problem became a problem everywhere. However, food st

> The 70s and early 80s did not have a lot of the problems that arose in 1989. In late 1980s the systemic problem became a problem everywhere. However, food stamps were already a thing in some regions in mid-1970s. And the "sausage trains" were a well-known phenomenon since at least early 70s. This was a term for the trains that people would take to buy stuff in larger cities like Moscow that didn't exist in smaller cities like Ryazan or Tver.