Word: rostov
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seems to have escaped the worst rigors of the war. Only in 1950, when he traveled north to university in Moscow, did he apparently become fully aware of the destruction visited on his homeland. He has said that on that 800-mile train ride, he saw "the ruined Stalingrad, Rostov, Kharkov and Voronezh. And how many such ruined cities there were . . . Everything lay in ruins: hundreds and thousands of cities, towns and villages, factories and mills...
Gorbachev has given unmistakable warning that corruption carries a high price. A food-shop manager in Rostov-on-Don was executed last fall for hoarding choice items, and two slaughterhouse officials in Kirghizia were sentenced to death for falsely labeling the quality and weight of meat...
...city of Rostov, authorities uncovered a huge black-market ring; 67 officials, including two highly placed state executives in Moscow, were arrested. The scheme involved rerouting, through bureaucratic channels, scarce meat, butter and clothing to warehouses where the merchandise could be sold under the counter. Realizing that the authorities were closing in, the crooks dumped most of their hoarded supplies onto the official market. In describing the outcome of the scam, the newspaper Izvestiya noted that for once, a Rostov citizen was able to walk into a state-owned store, ask for blue jeans and find them not only available...