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Live blogger shadrapa writes: Socialist way of life is like an object of worship. Consumer goods from the past are like artifacts that preserve youth. It is the nostalgia for youth that makes the “Museum of Socialist Life” so attractive, from a banal junkyard, turning it into a place where you can return to a carefree time.

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4. Soviet lifestyle museum is located right in the center of Kazan, any guidebook will take you there without any problems.

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6. I don’t remember how much the entrance costs, but it’s definitely cheaper than a movie ticket, and the impressions, unlike the cinema, are guaranteed to be positive if you are over twenty years old.

7. Everything is collected here - badges, pennants, cigarette cases, televisions, soap dishes, dishes, radio equipment, toys, clothes, propaganda, furniture, accessories. And since everything was the same for everyone, what lies on the shelves of the museum once lay on yours, 100%.

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11. A lot of photographic equipment. It's funny, I had a Zenith with me, exactly the same was on the shelf.

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13. There are unique specimens. Here, for example, is a jacket completely sewn from the covers of party cards.

14. Or here - Makarevich's jeans and jacket.

15. Actually, there are a lot of gifts from the stars.

16. Under the ceiling is a whole exposition of musical instruments presented to the museum by famous artists. "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame", more than 80 autographed guitars, including those from Scorpions, Nazareth, Roxette, Deep Purple, Sting, Chris Norman, Joe Cocker, not to mention domestic ones - even Kobzon was noted.

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20. Hats

21. Toys and cigarette cases

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23. Some unimaginable signs everywhere, humorous inscriptions on cardboard boxes, letters to Lenin.

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25. Here is another local black humor.

26. The “White Sun of the Desert” is on TV with might and main, nothing more appropriate, lyrical and poignant can be imagined. Cinema hall from old school chairs.

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28. Oh! Futuristic thing, hello from the future.

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30. Everyone had a burner and "Behind the wheel". Right there with all my friends.

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32. But what is this? Filmstrip projector? Some things I didn't know.

33. By the way, some exhibits can be bought.

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35. Satisfied hipster visitor.

36. I'll tell you so. I can be called one of the last admirers of everything Soviet, I am absolutely not subject to the romanticization of this time and I try to look soberly. BUT! When I left the museum, I was overwhelmed with joy and kindness surrounded me. An explosion of positivity.

37. If you are in Kazan - remember, the Museum of Social Life is waiting for you.

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