A russian republican family enjoying leisure time, circa 1983.
During the period of economic stability in the late 70s,80s and 90s luxury items started to become more readily available in the republic as many middle income family have the capability to buy more of these things especially during the peak of the economic prosperity in the 80s as goods such as TVs and radios started to appear in more russian household.
During these times russian television also started to develop with show such ostap bender (live action comedy),gena the crocodile (stop motion animation) and treasure island (fully animated cartoon) started to air not mention the influx of foreign shows such as popular japanese cops show,british sitcom and american crime drama also appeared in russian television and some russian show are also broadcasted overseas with the afformentioned ostap bender,gena the crocodile and treasure island being shown in america and japan. (This even has an impact in america as show like gena and treasure island become cherished memories for those who have watched it in the early 2000s on cartoon networks while ostap bender became one of television greatest character)