Die Statistiken stellen Familien von Arbeitern und Angestellten dar: meist Stadtbewohner, die in einer der unzähligen Fabriken, Forschungsinstitute oder Ministerien arbeiten.
Die Daten zu Staubsaugern bringen keine Überraschungen: Die baltischen Republiken liegen an der Spitze, während die niedrigsten Zahlen in den zentralasiatischen Republiken zu verzeichnen sind.
Die Ergebnisse für Nähmaschinen sind jedoch recht ungewöhnlich: In Zentralasien gab es bemerkenswert viele davon, sogar mehr als in der Russischen Sozialistischen Föderativen Sowjetrepublik (RSFSR).
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Lol, can’t believe I’m seeing a map of vacuum and sewing machine ownership in the 1930s.
Really interesting map. Armenia also stands out as unexpectedly high compared to its neighbours. There must be an interesting explanation.
The overall total for Russia and other large regions also tells a story. I assume that the equivalent figure for vacuum cleaners in the US would have been close to 100 (or maybe higher as some households owned more than one). There are many explanations for the demise of the Soviet Union, and its inability to produce enough consumer goods was one of them.
Those were the times! Every family could afford a sewing machine.
Central asia was a big cotton growing region; maybe that lead to textiles being cheaper, but with less access to consumer goods like clothes meaning people had to make their own more?