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This book studies the world of the Soviet consumer and the specific problems, which arose both for the consumer and the Soviet state in a command economy of chronic shortages. It concentrates on the latter half of the Soviet period, but also the longue durée of Russian consumerism is discussed.

Note biographique

Timo Vihavainen, Ph.D. (1988) in History, University of Helsinki, is Professor of Russian Studies in that university. He has published several books and articles about the history of Russia, history of Finland and Russian-Finnish relations.

Elena Bogdanova, Ph.D. (2006) in Sociology, European University in St. Petersburg, is researcher at the Center for Independent Social Research (CISR) and visiting lecturer at the University of Eastern Finland.

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