At Nora’s birthday party (I think she turned 8 but I can’t remember), her mother told me as I poured some coffee out of a large old thermos that when she was younger, that very thermos was special because it was made in China. Everything was required to be made in USSR so having something made in China was extraordinary. It was turquoise with large colorful flowers on it, which was also extraordinary at the time because everything was plain and the same - typical, as Krraka would say. They had to keep it hidden and only took it out for special parties.
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