A nostalgic, adventurous and insanely funny novel about our shared past. This book is for those who were born and raised in the USSR, as well as for those who have not found those times, but really want to know how they really lived in the country then. Time and place of action: mid-eighties, one of the union republics. Borjomi water, Berezka currency store, scarce imported boots accidentally thrown into the selpo, and restaurants that can be accessed out of turn only by acquaintance, trips to the collective farm by the entire labor collective... In general, everything that we would be glad to forget, but we remember with such pleasure, having gathered for a glass of tea.