What was life like for Soviet people in the USSR during the 1930's

Question

As in what was daily family life like?

Answer 1

it was not the best of times

it was definetly the worst of times. people were arrested and murdered by the thousand. having a distant cousin accused of telling anti-government jokes could mean your death- and all your family

children were taken from families - to be "Re-educated" in orphanages. brainwashed is more like it.

the soviet hero- Pavlik Morozov- snitches on his own family- and watches them as they are executed on the spot. Their crime? trying to save some food to feed Pavlik

the government makes a famine- by the deliberate confiscation of ALL grain (even seed for planting) in the Ukraine. deliberately kept for 4 years, causing the death of  5 milion people. At the same time the soviets export grain at cut prices

life was extremely cheap in the soviet union. It still is (despite the name change)

Answer 2

Life was incredibly hard, and grim almost everywhere in the world, and it was worse in the USSR.  

Answer 3

it was just like the tale of two cities

It was the best of times

It was the worst of times

it was the.........