http://www.boym.com/blog/2008/10/extinct-products-from-soviet-state.html
Link: Oh Boym: Extinct: Products from the Soviet State Store.
"Soviet consumer products always reminded me of weeds. Cheap, anonymous, notorious for their clunky robust look, they proliferated in great numbers at all levels of Soviet society. Like the Soviet State itself, it seemed they were destined to live forever.
"Once Russia turned capitalist in the early 1990s, it was only a matter of time before “the weeds” got cleared out. Presently, most Soviet products are extinct, or at least endangered...
(((Exercise for the reader – go out in your neighborhood, try to find some American consumer products not manufactured in China.)))
