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We would like to thank Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya for their assistance in organizing the shoot.
What is a "fartsovka," "fartsa," or "fartsovshchiki"? This is a rather specific phenomenon, characteristic of the USSR and other socialist bloc countries. We spoke with participants in the black market of the 1980s and 1990s: former "irons" or black marketeers, and a former policeman who caught them. This episode turned out to be very long, so we decided to divide it into two parts.
In the first part, we will discuss the following questions: How did black marketeers make money in the USSR? What was most valuable to black marketeers and foreign tourists? What music was considered cool by the "irons"? What was the ruble exchange rate in the 80s and 90s? How is the history of the USSR connected to the phenomenon of black marketeering? Was there business in the USSR? What was Soviet fashion like in the 80s and 90s?
Contents:
00:00 What is black marketeering and why it emerged
04:30 Featured Characters
13:22 What was the economics of black marketeering?
14:50 Currency exchange with black marketeers
18:37 Black marketeering provided an opportunity to communicate with foreigners
24:14 What was in demand among foreigners
29:33 In which cities did black marketeering take place
31:02 The most coveted things of the Soviet people
33:46 How the "irons" dressed
38:00 The black marketeer subculture
40:44 The music the "irons" listened to
43:40 Buying large sums of currency
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Come relax and stay in the new city of Dobrograd! Use promo code "MINAEV" for up to 150,000 rubles on real estate purchases or 15% off a stay at the park hotel: https://bit.ly/3sABngw
We would like to thank Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya for their assistance in organizing the shoot.
What is a "fartsovka," "fartsa," or "fartsovshchiki"? This is a rather specific phenomenon, characteristic of the USSR and other socialist bloc countries. We spoke with participants in the black market of the 1980s and 1990s: former "irons" or black marketeers, and a former policeman who caught them. This episode turned out to be very long, so we decided to divide it into two parts.
In the first part, we will discuss the following questions: How did black marketeers make money in the USSR? What was most valuable to black marketeers and foreign tourists? What music was considered cool by the "irons"? What was the ruble exchange rate in the 80s and 90s? How is the history of the USSR connected to the phenomenon of black marketeering? Was there business in the USSR? What was Soviet fashion like in the 80s and 90s?
Contents:
00:00 What is black marketeering and why it emerged
04:30 Featured Characters
13:22 What was the economics of black marketeering?
14:50 Currency exchange with black marketeers
18:37 Black marketeering provided an opportunity to communicate with foreigners
24:14 What was in demand among foreigners
29:33 In which cities did black marketeering take place
31:02 The most coveted things of the Soviet people
33:46 How the "irons" dressed
38:00 The black marketeer subculture
40:44 The music the "irons" listened to
43:40 Buying large sums of currency
For inquiries regarding cooperation, please contact: ad@minaevlive.info
Follow Minaev on social media:
Minaev on Telegram: https://t-do.ru/minaevlife
Minaev LIVE on VK: https://vk.com/minaev_live
Minaev LIVE on Twitter: Twitter: SergeiMinaev
Minaev LIVE on Odnoklassniki: www.ok.ru/minaevlive
Minaev LIVE on TikTok: TikTok: minaevlive
Minaev LIVE on Yandex Zen: https://zen.yandex.ru/sergeyminaev