find love. july 2013
body, mind and soul. october 2018
real love story. october 2018
ass slap + ocd. october 2018
underwear with flowers for the grandson. october 2018
spiritual growth. october 2018
PIONEER TIE. Pain
Becoming a member of pioneer organization in USSR for school kids was voluntary/mandatory, as we liked to joke. Which means, it was KIND OF up to you, but strongly recommended. :D Honestly, I don't remember even anyone ever asking my opinion on this topic.
In the third grade, once you 8-9 y.o., you participate the ceremony of becoming a pioneer.
We were standing on the stage and a high-school girl was greeting us with proud/bored face. During the national anthem of Soviet Union she handed us gifts (some books) and started tying the red silk pioneer ties on our necks. Some of my long hair went right to the knot while she was trying to make it but I had to pretend to be proud while enduring sharp pain. This is my first memory about pioneer tie.
Pioneer tie. bravery
My dad always hated the totalitarianism we had, especially the absurd parts of it. But he never had guts to protest openly. The tie had to be tied in such special way, that the knot would look like a square. To be honest, I was pioneer for 3 years and never actually learned to do it. So one morning before going to school I asked him to help me with it. He became annoyed and said "Throw it the fuck away!". My mom who heard it remarked "If you are so brave, go to the school and tell it to them".
I still don't know how to do it!
shop signs
In 1991 many small private businesses appeared which started selling imported goods in old soviet stores, but they didn't change the signs. Either didn't have the time or the money. As a result, you could enter the store called "Bread", just to find electronics being sold there.
superchannel
We had about 3 channels in USSR. Very controlled, conservative and “moral”. In 1991 you could catch first satellite channels, which was chaotic and not controlled by anyone. I remember, one of them was called Superchannel, which showed some Mtv music clips and erotic movies.
Chernobyl strawberry
1986. Summer after Chernobyl. Villagers sells fruits and vegetables on the market in Kyiv. Some of them are big that year, which makes the villagers happy. Government sends special personnel to check the radiation in those fruits and vegetables. If the level was high, they just smashed it without saying a word.