It would be helpful for those of us who see these articles to post them to Facebook. Socialism in action. Permanent poverty.
Make them go viral.
The average income of Russians during the Soviet Union was very low. It peaked during Brezhnev’s time in office at 1/4 of US per capita income. Really bad performance for a country that size and with the rich resources Russia has available.
The 12 guys on the Politburo did fine, however, with summer homes and servants in the country. They thought everything was fine.
Chane the number of guys involved and it sounds pretty familiar, don't it?
It was harvest failures that ultimately got Khrushchev booted.