Soviet Coca Cola

[Guerilla Gorilla]

Check it..

[Kurai Tsuki]

You're not really giving enough information about the picture that you post. Is it meant to lampoon capitaism or socialism? Or was it a real Soviet product?

[commie kg]

From what I can tell, the Russian written on the bottom says "Tovarishi Znaki" or something like that. "Tovarish" means "Comrade," but I don't know the other word.

Can't tell if it's a real product or not.

[Ortega]

It looks real to me. Probably just trying to show the irony.

[Guerilla Gorilla]

I found the picture in a website that sells all sort of soviet stuff. Shirts, SODA, watches and so on. Iam pretty sure it is real.

[h&s]

Its alright, but its not as good as Leninade....

[schumi]

:D lenninade is sooo WRONG!

[Archpremier]

Sorry, but the text says 'Tovarniye Znaki' meaning 'trade-mark'. It is really close to 'tovarishchi' though...

[commie kg]

Originally posted by [email protected] 5 2004, 06:12 AM
Sorry, but the text says 'Tovarniye Znaki' meaning 'trade-mark'. It is really close to 'tovarishchi' though...
Heh, I didn't know what the "bl" symbol meant. I only have a very limited knowledge of Russian.

[Wiesty]

funny comment, the soviets decided to change the Cola to a Kola so the people wouldnt say SoSa Sola
cause there C makes a S sound
in Ukraine they still use the C
so everyone says Sosa Sola

[Wiesty]

i can read ukrainian words but i dont understand like 80% of them because i can sound out all the letters

and russian is pretty damn close so its almost a perfect match all the time

[Kurai Tsuki]

Originally posted by Guerilla [email protected] 4 2004, 08:54 PM
I found the picture in a website that sells all sort of soviet stuff. Shirts, SODA, watches and so on. Iam pretty sure it is real.
Could you link the site? It sounds a bit like an American company trying to make money either by exploiting the market for merchendise or by simply lampooning it.

[Guerilla Gorilla]

Born in the ussr (http://www.bornintheussr.com/catalog.htm)

[Raisa]

Originally posted by commie [email protected] 5 2004, 05:21 PM
Heh, I didn't know what the "bl" symbol meant. I only have a very limited knowledge of Russian.
bI is sort of like the "I" in sit.

[h&s]

That site is funny; "Are you wanted by the KGB?"

[Saint-Just]

Its probably Coke from the 80s when American companies could invest inside the Soviet Union.

[Misodoctakleidist]

But why would "soviet union" be written in english?

[Archpremier]

So that soviets would get the feel of something exotic and foreign. Remember, this is Coca-Cola, the grandmaster of advertisement.

[1949]

Didn't Brezhnev also introduce Pepsi in the USSR in the 1970's?

Just another reason to hate the Khruschovite-Brezhnevite capitalist-roaders.

[Individual]

Or how about this one... :huh:

[tglaeser]

That just goes to show how much the USA wants to "Americanize" every other country, USSR, Vietnam, Canada, etc, etc.

I'm Canadian, and Trust me..we are the most Americanized country to date :(

Don't BUY COKE!, by from a local store, and I even hear tap water is free too! :)

/Tom

[Kurai Tsuki]

Coke is an American brand, but Cola itself is generic. I just buy generic cola ^_^

It's the same when I buy other sodas like orange soda, I always prefer generic to the brand names.