M'nthawi ya Soviet Union kunalibe masitolo akuluakulu okhala ndi zinthu zosiyanasiyana monga lero. Zakudya zambiri zambiri sizinapezeke kwa nzika za Soviet chifukwa cha kuchepa konse. Kuti mugule ndodo ya soseji kapena nyama yosankhidwa, inali yofunikira kupuma pamasitolo angapo ndikukweza mzere wopanda malire. Ndipo kugulitsa zinthu pamakuponi kumakumbukiridwa ngati loto loipa. Nthawi yomweyo, mabanja ochepa a Soviet amatha kudandaula pafiriji yopanda kanthu. Ngakhale m'masiku ovuta kwambiri, nyumba zogulira zimatha kuphika bwino ndikudyetsa mabanja awo okoma komanso autope. Kuphatikiza apo, ambiri a anthu omwe anthu amasiku ambiri ndi osagwirizana nthawi imeneyo ndipo amayesa kupeza zinthu zomwe zili ndi mayina akale, choncho chimodzimodzi. Kwa ambiri mwa kukumbukira kwakukulu kwa nthawiyo, maswiti omwe amayembekezeredwa kale, chingamu choyamba cha Soviet, cha Chaka Chatsopano, koloko yam'madzi ndi mtundu womwewo. Kwa m'badwo wachikulire, mayina amenewo amayandikana kwambiri monga "chitsogozo" Ndipo kugula pafupifupi zinthu zilizonse zitha kukhala ma ruble ochepa chabe.
Timapereka kuti tikwaniritse mayesowo, kuyika m'mbuyomu ndikukumbukira mbale zanu zokondedwa kwambiri ndi zinthu zomwe mumapanga ndi chidwi chapadera chofunsidwa kuti mugule makolo anu. Kodi mukuwakumbukira?