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Without an exact year, it is quite difficult to determine the more or less exact purchasing power of this amount. This is certainly from the year somewhere between 1994 (during the period of hyperinflation) and 1998 (the 1000-fold denomination of the ruble).
Here is the dynamics of average wages for a rough estimate of what happened to the ruble: in 1992 - 1,438 Rubles per month, 1993 - 15,300 Rubles, 1994 - 134,000 Rubles, 1995 - 302,000 Rubles, 1996 - 654,000 Rubles, 1997 - 812,000 Rubles.
In any case, the mentioned level of earnings per day (40,000-50,000 Rubles) looks quite good and exceeds the average wage, if we take 20 working days in a month.
Considering the amount of coal and other mining that is done in this area (Kemerovo oblast). Have the companies that run the mines and the government been responsible towards contaminating the people and environment?
Russia is a big beautiful country and the people are wonderful. I hope they are being taking care of. Looking at the area from satellite shows allot of polution. I hope this is cleaned up soon. Russia is one of my favourite countries in the world.
The cost of living in Russia varies greatly depending on the region, but if look at an average provincial town (not Moscow, St. Petersburg or the cities located in the northern part of the country where the average prices are higher) we have the following picture.
Renting an apartment - about 200-400 USD per month; transportation - bus/trolleybus/minibus tickets cost about 20-30 Rubles, taxi - 150-300 Rubles; food - meet 200-300 Rubles/kilo, apples 50-100 Rubles, vodka 200+ Rubles/litre, movie theater ticket - 200+ Rubles.
The average income is about 20,000 Rubles, so 25,000-30,000 Rubles per month is enough, if you are not going to buy an apartment, car, etc.
The Soviet Union was a highly militarized state. The development of military technology and the accumulation of weapons was a top priority while the civilian sector of the economy was left on the sidelines. In the end, this became one of the reasons of the collapse of the USSR.
Today, Russia is mainly using and modernizing military technology of the late Soviet Union (created in the 1970s-1980s). In recent years, more active modernization of the army and introduction of new weapons began. As for developing of industries to create goods for everyday needs of people. Such a process is going on and much has been done, for example, in the production of food products, however, the overall trend towards the raw material orientation of the economy remains. It is much easier to extract oil and gas, other natural resources and sell them.
