Average retail prices for selected types of non-food products
roubles per unit
Value of textile products in the state sector and cooperatives over two decades: the list includes cotton, wool, and silk goods. Prices are in rubles per unit, allowing for tracking price changes for each category from 1970 to 1990. The dataset contains indicators for twenty-two rows, each corresponding to a specific product type
- Colour television sets
- Tape recorders
- Refrigerators and freezers
- Black-and-white television sets
- Sewing machines
- Cameras
- Radio receivers
- Bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles
Chart of average retail prices for non-food goods in state trade and consumer cooperatives from 1970 to 1990
Who grew, who fell: 1970 → 1990
Set in numbers
22 series are published here in roubles per unit, from 1970 to 1990, 5 reporting periods. 110 values in total.
“cotton” multiplied by 3.1 between 1970 and 1990: from 0.94 to 2.9.
All table numbers are series: 22
| Series | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| хлопчатобумажные | 0,94 | 1,00 | 1,16 | 1,49 | 2,88 |
| шерстяные | 11,44 | 13,06 | 14,18 | 13,56 | 19,71 |
| шелковые | 3,17 | 4,55 | 5,19 | 5,24 | 5,92 |
| льняные | 1,86 | 1,83 | 2,19 | 2,58 | 2,72 |
| Чулочно-носочные изделия, за пару | 1,24 | 1,32 | 1,44 | 1,52 | 2,61 |
| Телевизоры цветного изображения | 744,34 | 650,22 | 706,87 | 643,99 | 814,09 |
| Телевизоры черно-белого изображения | 329,84 | 313,80 | 229,36 | 229,10 | 240,00 |
| Радиоприемные устройства | 71,25 | 88,71 | 105,55 | 110,63 | 115,88 |
| Магнитофоны | 167,01 | 181,64 | 232,69 | 275,52 | 444,65 |
| Фотоаппараты | 33,83 | 37,58 | 63,36 | 71,76 | 119,14 |
| Холодильники и морозильники | 214,51 | 244,58 | 249,66 | 288,11 | 352,52 |
| Стиральные машины | 92,16 | 87,04 | 88,61 | 94,61 | 100,17 |
| Электропылесосы | 41,00 | 44,79 | 39,45 | 41,75 | 61,78 |
| Часы | 17,30 | 21,10 | 27,77 | 23,64 | 38,54 |
| Мотоциклы и мотороллеры | 592,85 | 668,62 | 824,99 | 964,81 | 1 281,44 |
| Велосипеды, мопеды и мотовелосипеды | 63,10 | 64,15 | 79,04 | 77,60 | 110,88 |
| Легковые автомобили | 4 218,00 | 5 808,00 | 7 262,00 | 7 748,00 | 8 290,00 |
| Швейные машины | 67,00 | 87,25 | 124,80 | 142,04 | 150,24 |
| Стекло оконное, за м2 | 1,08 | 1,10 | 1,10 | 1,26 | 1,37 |
| Лесоматериалы, за м3 | 29,37 | 36,85 | 37,02 | 43,07 | 47,00 |
| Цемент, за т | 33,30 | 34,00 | 34,00 | 54,70 | 59,00 |
| Шифер, за 10 условных плиток | 0,75 | 0,87 | 0,87 | 1,08 | 1,10 |
How to read this table
Row differences are based on the types of materials listed, such as silk or cotton. Comparing these rows shows differences in price categories for goods across different years of the period. The data allows for comparing the cost of wool products with cotton ones and tracking their relative relationship within state trade
What is visible in these numbers
The largest value belongs to “Passenger cars” — 8,290 roubles per unit; the smallest is “Roofing slate, per 10 standard slates” at 1.1 roubles per unit. The gap between them is 7,536-fold.
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Period and application
Statistics cover the period from 1970 to 1990 and are presented on an annual basis. Information on twelve rows and totals is relevant for studying the history of consumer goods prices in the Soviet period. Rosstat data in rubles per unit helps reconstruct the price benchmarks of that time
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