The times of youth are always remembered with nostalgia. The dashing nineties were a difficult time in the life of the country, but today many people miss them. Perhaps this is due to the fact that at that time the republics of the Soviet Union had just gained independence. It seemed that everything old had sunk into oblivion, and a wonderful future awaited everyone ahead.
If you ask your contemporaries what the "dashing nineties" mean, many will say about the feeling of infinity of opportunities and forces for striving for them. This is a period of real “social teleportation”, when ordinary guys from sleeping areas became rich, but it was very risky: a huge number of young people died in gang wars. But the risk was justified: those who managed to survive became very respected people. It is not surprising that part of the population is still nostalgic for those times.
The phrase "dashing nineties"
Oddly enough, this concept appeared quite recently, at the beginning of the so-called "zero". Putin's rise to power marked the endYeltsin's freemen and the onset of real order. Over time, the state strengthened, and even a gradual growth was outlined. Food stamps are a thing of the past, as are Soviet-era queues, and empty store shelves have been replaced by an abundance of modern supermarkets. The dashing nineties can be perceived negatively or positively, but the country needed them in order to revive after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It is unlikely that everything could be different. After all, not just the state collapsed, the whole ideology collapsed. And the people cannot create, assimilate and adopt new rules overnight.
Chronicle of significant events
Russia declared independence on June 12, 1990. A confrontation between two presidents began: one - Gorbachev - was elected by the congress of people's deputies, the second - Yeltsin - by the people. The culmination was the August coup. The dashing nineties began. Crime received complete freedom, because all prohibitions were lifted. The old rules have been abolished, and the new ones have not yet been introduced or have not settled in the public mind. The country was swept by an intellectual and sexual revolution. However, in economic terms, Russia has slid down to the level of primitive societies. Instead of a salary, many were given food, and people had to change one product for another, building cunning chains, sometimes even a dozen individuals. Money has depreciated so much that most citizens have become millionaires.
Towards Independence
You can't talk about the "dashing nineties" withoutreferences to the historical context. The first significant event is the "tobacco riot" in Sverdlovsk, which took place on August 6, 1990. Hundreds of people, outraged by the lack of smoking in the shops of their city, stopped the movement of trams in the center. On June 12, 1991, the people elect Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Federation. The crime spree begins. A week later, an attempted coup d'etat takes place in the USSR. Because of this, a state of emergency committee was created in Moscow, which was supposed to govern the country during the transition period. However, it lasted only four days. In December 1991, the “centers” (one of the criminal groups) open a casino in Russia. Soon Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and last president of the USSR, resigns "for reasons of principle." On December 26, 1991, a declaration was adopted on the termination of the existence of the USSR in connection with the formation of the CIS.
Independent Russia
Immediately after the New Year, on January 2, 1991, prices are being liberalized in the country. With the products immediately became bad. Prices skyrocketed, but salaries remained the same. From October 1, 1992, the population began to receive privatization vouchers for their housing. So far, passports have been issued only with the permission of the regional authorities. In the summer of 1993, the Government House in Yekaterinburg was shelled from a grenade launcher, and in the fall, troops began an assault in Moscow. Six years later, Yeltsin resigned ahead of schedule, and Vladimir Putin came to power for the first time.
Order or freedom?
The dashing nineties are a racket andchaps, glitter and poverty, elite prostitutes and sorcerers on TV, prohibition and businessmen. Only 20 years have passed, and the former Soviet republics have changed almost beyond recognition. It was not a time of social lifts, but rather of teleportation. Ordinary guys, yesterday's schoolchildren, became bandits, then bankers, and sometimes deputies. But these are the ones who survived.
Opinions
In those days, business was built completely differently than it is now. Then it would never have occurred to anyone to go to the institute for a “crust”. The first step was to buy a gun. If the weapon did not pull back the back pocket of jeans, then no one would talk to a novice businessman. The gun helped in conversations with dull interlocutors. If the guy was lucky and didn't get killed at the initial stage, he could quickly buy a jeep. The earning potential seemed endless. Money came and went very easily. Someone went bankrupt, while the more successful ones took their accumulated or, rather, looted abroad, and then became oligarchs and engaged in completely legal types of business.
In state structures the situation was much worse. Employees were constantly delayed in wages. And this is during a period of insane inflation. Often they paid in products, which then had to be exchanged in the markets. It was at this time that corruption in state structures flourished in violent colors. If the guys went to the "brothers", then the girls were fed into prostitutes. They were often killed too. But some of them managed to earn a "piece of bread with caviar" for themselves andhis family.
Members of the intellectual elite during this period often became unemployed. They were ashamed to go to the market and trade, as most people did, hoping to at least somehow make money. Many tried to go abroad by any means. During this period, another stage of the “brain drain” occurred.
Experience and habits
The dashing nineties determined the whole life of a whole generation. They formed a whole set of ideas and habits in those who were then young. And often now, twenty years later, they still determine their lives in the same way. These people rarely trust the system. They often view any government initiative with suspicion. Too often they were deceived by the government. This generation has a hard time trusting banks with their hard earned money. They are more likely to convert them into dollars, or better yet, take them abroad. It is generally very difficult for them to save money, because during inflation they literally melted before their eyes. Those who survived the dashing nineties are afraid to complain to various authorities. In those days, bandits ruled everything, so the common man had nothing to try to enforce the letter of the law. Although the youth of the nineties themselves do not like to adhere to any rules and restrictions. But their advantage is that they are not afraid of any difficulties. After all, they were able to survive in the dashing nineties, which means they are hardened and will survive any crisis. But can that situation happen again?
The Dashing Nineties: Heirs
It seemed that with the coming to power of Putin, this period of time in the history of Russia ended forever. The country gradually got out of poverty and unemployment, and the mafia was almost forgotten. However, after the global financial crisis, the notorious stability never returned. And many began to think about whether the dashing 90s would return. But can organized crime appear by itself, as is commonly believed? It is on the answer to this question that the forecast of the future of modern Russia depends. Although, if you do not go into details, then two elements are needed for the emergence of crime: the need for a large-scale redistribution of property and the need to maintain democracy as the government's course. However, it is unlikely that the "freemen" of the nineties will be repeated.
