From the perspective of world history, in the whole long river of history, many countries have gone to disintegration and demise. But the most regrettable and nostalgic thing is the collapse of the Soviet Union. This former world hegemon collapsed after less than 50 years of existence after World War II. So many people are reflecting on why such a powerful country suddenly disintegrated. In fact, in addition to the drag of the war, it was more that the cost of welfare in the Soviet Union at that time was too high. So how high were the welfare of Russians during the Soviet period? You may not believe it.
Many people in Russia now, including Putin, miss it very much because of the welfare of the Soviet Union at that time. During the Soviet period, although the people did not have the wealth of Western countries and were in a state where everyone was "poor", the basic pattern was that the state took care of everything. At that time, in order to realize communism, the Soviet Union implemented very high social welfare benefits in the Soviet Union, and many benefits could not be realized in the developed countries until now. So what benefits did the Russians enjoy at that time? Mainly the following points.
First, divide the house.
During the Soviet period, the people did not need to buy their own houses, basically the cities were built by the state, and then distributed according to the conditions. Although the house is not necessarily large or high-end, basically every household has the opportunity. In the countryside, houses are also built collectively and then distributed, so the people do not need to worry about houses.
Second, school doesn't cost money.
After the establishment of the Soviet Union, it attached great importance to education, so the first thing that the people continued to achieve was that education was free. From kindergarten to college, it doesn't cost money, there are no school district houses, and schools are divided by region. Even when students study abroad, the Soviet Union pays for it, but there is a big difference in the number of places.
Third, life doesn't cost money.
In the Soviet period, the public transportation for the people to travel, water and electricity in life, and gas, basically did not want money, even if they collected money, that is, symbolically collected a little. Therefore, although the people did not have savings at that time, there was no pressure in life.
Fourth, everyone has a job.
Communism is marked by the absence of unemployment, and in the Soviet Union the elimination of unemployment was the main merit. Almost every working population in the USSR had jobs, which made society free of the so-called unemployed vagrants, nor of the so-called wandering streets, of no particularly poor people.
Fifth, it doesn't cost you money to see a doctor.
During the Soviet period, in order to improve life, the entire medical security was realized in the country, basically it did not cost money to see a doctor, and serious illness was also guaranteed. The whole thing is that there is no problem of returning to poverty in medical care costs, because the state bears it.
Sixth, high retirement standards.
The Soviet Union set high retirement standards for employees and institutions, administrative units, officials, etc. of state-owned enterprises, and basically many people were treated higher than when they worked. In particular, middle and high-ranking officials have enjoyed high treatment. So the whole welfare at that time, in fact, from the current point of view, can be called the highest in the world. So it is precisely because of this that the entire cost of the Soviet Union is too high, becoming a huge burden on the state, which is also one of the keys to the collapse of the Soviet Union. You may not believe that no country has been able to achieve this welfare until now, not even Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates.
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Reference: History of Russia.