Caviar with champagne: common luxury and the ideals of the good life in Stalin's Russia
In: Leisure, consumption, and culture
Introduction : the birth of the Soviet consumer -- Soviet champagne : Stalin's great invention -- Soviet Kitsch and organized carnivals -- Increasing variety -- Soviet novelties and their advertising -- The emergence of the Soviet system of retail trade -- The political struggle over the development of the restaurants -- Soviet consumption amidst general poverty -- Conclusion : Socialist realism in the material culture.