Shuba and Brezhnev. In Tatarstan, kindergarteners and schoolchildren are "immersed" in the Soviet New Year.
The program Back to the New Year's USSR came up with the idea of a local history museum for the city MamadyshChildren aged 6-12 are invited to "immerse themselves in the atmosphere of preparation for the Soviet New Year."
For this, children are shown a greeting Leonid Brezhnev, who talk about the results of the five-year plan, treat them to "Soviet" lemonade—of course, the most delicious—and make them try on a "leopard" fur coat and a fur hat with earflaps. The video caught my attention. NotMoscow.
The Soviet past seems to have a firm grip on the modern world. RussiaNot only are they nostalgic for it, but they're also trying to force it on young people. Copycat versions of the Pioneer movement—the "Movement of the First," labor lessons, political education in the form of "Conversations on Important Things," military-patriotic education, and other seemingly relics of the past—have become a reality for today's children and teenagers.
