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Word: limitnaya (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...average worker makes about 300 rubles a month (the price of 2 lbs. of smoked sausage). However, the new overlords, i.e., Russian officials, technicians, "Heroes of the Soviet Union," local Communist big shots, get special privileges. They are known as "limit people" (those who receive the top category of limitnaya kartochka, i.e., ration card). Their ration includes 16 lbs. of meat a month, they are assigned special restaurants, special baths (much of the plumbing is dilapidated), special shows and concerts. A current bitter crack in Riga: "All they are waiting for now is special brothels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BALTICS: The Steel Curtain | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

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