I am not so really up on the latest trends either, but that is why they are actually real things, trends. You can google AFAIK and know what it is. That one was just one person's not wanting to type the whole thing. I actually didn't know, I just guessed. Have a great weekend!

Just did :))

The Martha shopping at a food store scene did not accurately portray the real situation back then. Those shelves were actually semi-stocked, there was stuff there! And in another scene (don't remember which ep) I think Oleg was in a food store and behing him there were shelves full of canned food, and there were a lot…

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road that played during that sequence.

That is true. Although they probably came up with a cash amount that a person normally wouldn't have on them, but hypothetically, who knows what people do or could do. You are right.

Playground was ok looking, rocketship-shaped slide was a very common feature at children's playgrounds.
Check out a recent book's cover photo:

Stan feels shitty now? Let's just wait when he finds out that not only a couple of hardcore badass russian spies lived in front of his nose this whole time, but on top of that he is honeytrapped by yet another spy. That is a sign of seriously sucking at one's job…

Yes! that was totally wrong :)

http://www.nytimes.com/1982…
but it's from 1982
The worst was actually after the USSR died - 1991-1993, then it started getting a bit better

I will see if I can find something for you.
There were cartoons about that,
one i remember I thought was very funny:
food store, empty shelves and a few cans on the shelves and the label on each says "FOOD"

You make it sound a tad better :))

yeah Arlekino I remember :)

I was just making a joke, I guess not really funny.
There is not that much to know - there was no food in stores, no edible items to buy, all empty.
so people just hustled, I guess…
not much to know… it was a bunch of fun :)

Nah, it is totally Fetisov, my all time fave :)

WOW, you know way more about this than I do! Like buckets more!
Ok, I will allow it :)

alla pugacheva was HUGE but she sang mostly sappy songs about unrequited love, lost love, love and more love…
Adults all adored her but i would imagine a teenage boy would be more into rock bands.. I mean, I would say she would be like Cher, maybe?
So can you imagine a US teen boy having a Cher poster in his bedroom?
It…

:)
ocharovatel'naya malyshka

yes, that!
everything is shit, but look at the fall foliage!

Just a hockey player, any hockey player… with a CCCP on their jersey (?)

alla pugacheva? a boy? that was really kinda, mmm, I don't know for me. I would think him having classic USSR (Russian) rock bands posters like Mashina Vremeni or Aquarium or DDT..