Before Ukraine declared independence, everyday life came with its own special challenge: Soviet bureaucracy. In this Dad Tangent, we explore the epic quest to get anything done in the USSR—whether it was fixing your roof, buying a hammer, or just figuring out which line was the right line (spoiler: it wasn’t).

From stamp-happy clerks to documents in triplicate, we laugh our way through the absurdity of red tape so thick it should’ve had its own department. Bonus: Dad shares real Soviet jokes that somehow made it through customs.

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