Queue in the bathroom. 1980

Dirty children pose for a photograph in the countryside. The village of Kiselevka, Mogilev region. Photographer Alexander Stepanenko.

A man and a woman are having a modest meal.

By the beginning of the 90s, the shortage of goods, including food, was huge. However, the store shelves were not supposed to remain empty, and then the sellers displayed the same goods that were in stock in the windows.