Business in communist Russia: report on interview with elderly Lady.

Ljudmila N. is now 74 years old, she is an ex-engineer who was born in Russia, Moscow, and worked there all her life. From this interview some very remarkable details could be picked up about her two jobs: as an aerospace engineer in the constructing department and another one at the ministry. Ljudmila talks about the incredible effects of communism upon her job and other curious experiences at the workplace, all emphasizing the vast disparity between …

…speech was to be comprehended. "I fired myself in the end. It allowed no creativity: the most routine job ever, and paid just as low as all the rest in the country", my grandma finalized her memory provoking interview. Overall, I gathered just what a strong woman Ljudmila must have been. She confessed to me later that she would be a millionaire if she'd done the same job today, and somehow I understood precisely why.