Perpetual Desk Calendar

Date of production: 1970s

Metal Flag Pole Top

Flag pole top widely used on military parades throughout the republics.

Date of production: 1980s

Price: 1r20k

MSP 7x25 Folding Monocular

Used by KGB and police due to its small size making it easy to hide.

Date of production: 1980s

Curvimeter KU-A

Used for measuring curved distances on maps. It had a lot of military applications but was also used to measure distances in road atlases.

Date of production: 1980s

Aeroflot Cigarette Case

Plastic case holding up to 20 cigarettes.

Date of production: Feb 1991

Assorted Erasers

Used by children in school in all 15 republics.

Date of production: 1970s

Vladimir I. Lenin Copper Bust

Heavy bust for home or office decor during Soviet times.

Height: 18cm

Weight: 2kg

Date of production: 1970s

RED MOSCOW LIGHT PERFUME

Red Moscow was the first Soviet created perfume. The fragrance belongs to the class of chypre fragrances, sub-class "floral chypres" and contains more than 60 components. The official description of the perfume says: "A thin, warm, noble aroma with a tinge of orange blossom".

It has been produced by Novaya Zarya factory located in the Danilovsky District, Moscow for over 100 years. Red Moscow became very popular and was widespread in the Soviet Union and, after the Second World War, became popular throughout the Eastern Bloc. In 1958 it received an award at the World Exhibition in Brussels.