The history of the main character of the Soviet catering

• History of Soviet catering main character

Soviet faceted glass - a true legend and a symbol that can compete in popularity and recognition of the bear, Cheburashka, vodka and Kalashnikov. In fact, it would be difficult to find in the Soviet "folklore" thing that would have been surrounded by many myths. So, let's talk about this subject and symbol of the Soviet dishes catering detail.

The history of the main character of the Soviet catering

How many faces and why

The history of the main character of the Soviet catering

The first thing is to strike the myth about the number of faces. In fact, the classic Soviet cut glasses were not only 18 facets. Were also glasses 20, 14, 12, 16 and even 10 facets. The choice of this form is due to reasons exclusively pragmatic sense - a glass with an even number of sides is much easier to mass produce. The same goes for volume. Soviet been faceted glasses 50, 100, 150, 200 and 350 ml. glasses cost ranged from 3 to 14 cents.

The history of the main character of the Soviet catering

In addition, the correct geometrical shape makes the glass is very sturdy and well protected from falls, which significantly increases its value for use in food service facilities.

However, there are very "poetic" version that the 16 faces to symbolize the number of republics of the USSR! Nothing to do with the reality of these versions, of course, do not have.

Who first came up with the

The history of the main character of the Soviet catering

In fact, faceted glass come up at all in the Soviet Union. This course ware existed during the time of the Russian Empire. Of course, the first glasses looked quite different, and the logic they pawned the other. Some historians claim that the first thick glasses appeared in Russia under Peter I, because of the development of the fleet. Urgently needed on ships not falling dishes.

The history of the main character of the Soviet catering

The classic Soviet faceted glass was invented by the artist and sculptor Vera Mukhina, the one that created the monument "Worker and Collective Farm Girl". The first such glass was released in 1943 at the glass factory Goose-crystal (the oldest such establishment in the territory of Russia).

With a glass of authorship, however, can also be found "amusing" mythical version. For example, it came up with his artist Kazimir Malevich, while in the besieged Leningrad. That's just the creator of "Black Square" died in 1935 at age 56.