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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That does sound right for early USSR. I don't think this was a thing anymore in the 70s/80s (I was born in the tail end of the USSR, but I was really young).

I will ask my family members about this. Curious if this was even employed as a formality by the 80s.

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