Children at soda machines

Citizens of the Caucasian republics wearing 'Aerodrome' caps characteristic of that time, so named because of their huge size.

In the late 80s, severe restrictions on the sale of alcohol were introduced in the USSR, which led to huge queues and the use of surrogates.

In 6 months, Brezhnev will die and the Central Committee of the CPSU will be headed by Yuri Andropov, who will die of illness a year later and will hand over the reins of power to Konstantin Chernenko.