Thematic party in the style of the USSR: ideas, script

The USSR has long been gone, but its memory is still alive. This is reflected in many ways: films, books, fashion, and, of course, the very memories of those who were lucky enough to catch him. And how cool it would be to plunge into the Soviet atmosphere again.

So why not? A party in the style of the USSR is the best occasion. This, of course, is no longer original, but always fun and bright.

Not sure where to start? Start with the history of a great power.

Approaching reality: USSR - what was it like?

So, the generation born in the 90s knows about the USSR only from textbooks, films and stories of parents. But the topic is interesting to many, and most would like to be at least for a moment in this amazing country with a shortage of store shelves, ice cream for 3 copecks and faith in a bright communist future.

To make the celebration not only fun, but also more reliable, at least a superficial study of the Soviets would be useful. What is the USSR?

• A huge territory, bringing together a considerable number of nationalities.
• A closed state that severely restricts travel to the border, as well as suppressing the propaganda of everything American and European.
• Free medicine and education that were top notch.
• October Revolution, pioneers and Komsomol members.
• Automatic machines with soda for 3 copecks.
• Lack of unemployment and contempt for parasitism.
• Letters, telegrams and pay phones instead of smartphones.
• Long lines for scarce goods.
• Olivier salad, "herring under a fur coat" and "Soviet" champagne for each New Year.
• The same outfits in public, and the desire to stand out was regarded as an attempt to introduce a foreign mentality.
• Lack of mortgages, loans and borrowings.

And much, much more that can be listed forever. But the Union, which was also called the "scoop", was a good country without any consumer relations.

What and where to celebrate?

Thematic party in the style of the USSR requires preparation. And no matter what celebration is planned to be held. Whether:

• birthday. Especially relevant for those who were "born in the Soviet Union, made in the USSR";
• Corporate evening in honor of February 23, March 8, May 1. A New Year's party in the style of the USSR, with a costume, will be very memorable;
• Corporate birthday party
• meeting of graduates of a school or university;
• professional holiday in the organization: day of the teacher, builder, lawyer, etc .;
• family celebration and even a wedding.

If a reason to get together was found, a style was chosen, then now it is necessary to think over the place where the event will be held. Of course, you need to build on not only the conceived topic, but also on the number of invited guests.

For a small family celebration, an apartment will do. And if it is also furnished with Soviet furniture, which in our time still occurs, then it will be very cool. One problem (design) will become less. A small company can also gather in the following places:

• in the dorm room (relevant for student gatherings);
• in the school gym (for meeting graduates or for teachers on a professional holiday);
• rent a room in a themed cafe, decorated in the Soviet style;
• rent a dining room, especially the one that has been preserved since Soviet times;
• rent a room in the House of Culture, of which there are many in the provinces;
• order the hall of a modern restaurant or cafe and arrange accordingly;
• in the fresh air: a park, a courtyard of your own house or a trip to the countryside. An excellent option would be a summer playground, then it will be possible to recreate a holiday in the style of Soviet summer dances.

To facilitate your task, you can contact the professional organizers of the celebrations. They will pick up a place and arrange it from "a" to "i".

Theme of the evening: how to celebrate?

If you decide to organize a theme party in the style of the USSR, then you will need to more specifically imagine what you really want. You should not be limited only to pioneer ties and sandwiches with doctor's sausage. Not. It is necessary to approach the solution of the problem posed more broadly, to come up with and model some kind of Soviet situation.

Here are some examples:

1. If this will be a New Year's party in the style of the USSR with a script and contests, then you can recreate the situation based on the Soviet film "Carnival Night". This is true for corporate organizations with a large staff. Everyone can determine the role in your "movie" and instruct to build a similar costume.
2. Born in the 50-60s, we offer to recall youth and plunge into the fun time of the Komsomol. And for younger people, you can temporarily return to pioneering and arrange a way, if not bonfires, then a festive meeting with dedication to pioneers and with a legendary red tie tied.
3. A celebration or a party can be held based on collective farms, dressed as tractor drivers, workers, milkmaids and, of course, where without an agronomist and chairman? "Raise the virgin lands" at your event.
4. Similarly, you can spend the evening recreating the atmosphere of working, factory life.
5. The younger generation can recall the 80s, when youth discos with music Modern Talking, CC Catch, etc. were held.
6. The Soviet-style party itself is unusual, but you can make it even more creative. For example, in the spirit of subcultures of that time (well-known forbidden dudes or penetrating into the ranks of Soviet youth punks, hippies, rockers).

To make it easier, you can turn to Soviet cinema for an idea and simply repeat what many have loved: Irony of Fate - an excellent scenario for a New Year's party in the style of the USSR, Office Romance, Ivan Brovkin, Love and Pigeons. Not only the plot, but also the costumes can be adopted from films. It will be especially funny to bring to life some kind of children's film, for example, “A Guest from the Future” or “Electronics”.

Especially creative and courageous young couples can spend their wedding day not like everyone is accustomed to, namely in the spirit of the Soviets. Brides can look in the closet with their mother or grandmother for a wedding dress or custom-tailor the appropriate style. Music, refreshments, contests do not deviate from the subject. There is one but. Most weddings in the USSR were sober: no hard liquor, and even champagne was sometimes forbidden at student weddings. And since now it’s almost impossible to imagine a wedding without alcohol, you can be resourceful: serve alcohol in teapots instead of bottles. And of course, the doll on the hood of the wedding "Volga".

"Alert you": how to originally notify guests

The date of the party in the style of the USSR is appointed, it is time to deal with the invitation of guests. Even if a modest family celebration is planned, it is still worth showing your guests that the holiday atmosphere will be unusual.

No internet and correspondence through social networks! No invitations via SMS! It is impossible to depart from the themes of the Soviet Union even on the issue of invitations.

Whether a birthday is planned, a New Year's corporate party or a Soviet wedding, an invitation should be. But in what form should I issue and send it?

1. The first thing that comes to mind is a letter. You need to write an invitation by hand, if many guests are planned, you can also print it on a regular sheet in a box and seal it in an envelope, indicating the address and index on it. Everything, as when there was no SMS, e-mail and social networks. For the speed of distribution, it is better not to rely on mail, but to independently arrange the guests in the mailboxes.
2. Telegram is another Soviet method of communication and communication, which was very popular. Of course, now there is no such service in the mail, so you have to look for sample forms on the Internet and print. What to write, you decide, do not forget only about the "point" and "RFP".
3. Soviet postcards. If you had clean postcards of that time lying around at your place, then consider it is their time to find your addressee.
4. The letter as an invitation will amuse every guest.
5. Party ticket is a very important and respected ticket of the USSR. And meeting guests at a theme party in the style of the USSR with the words: “Present your party ticket” is very funny.
6. Posters and slogans are another symbol of the Union. Therefore, feel free to adopt this idea as an invitation. Of course, do not diligently draw or print an invitation paper on whatman paper. A fairly small copy the size of a postcard.

There are a lot of ideas, the main thing is to try not to resort to the help of modern gadgets.

Soviet food

What does a party in the style of the USSR mean? Costumes, a place and, of course, food. Treats - that’s what will cause you little trouble, since there was a well-known deficit in the Union and either government officials or high-ranking officials could get good supplies, and even with coupons.

Where to look for product attributes of a party in the style of the USSR? In the store, moreover, it will not require any special expenses, unless, of course, you are going to repeat the festive table of the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee.

So, what to serve as a treat? Of course, what was on the festive New Year's table of a Soviet man. It was on New Year's Eve that people tried to set the most chic, as they say now, table. On other holidays, the menu looked a bit more modest.

1. Olivier - without it, a holiday is not a holiday. Moreover, this tradition - to cook this salad for the New Year - still exists in many families. It was also called "Winter". And it’s worth cooking according to the classic recipe: with boiled sausage and peas.
2. "Herring under a fur coat" is a favorite dish for Soviet, and now Russian people and a complete misunderstanding for a foreign people.
3. Mimosa is the second most popular salad among Soviet people. And his demand was not only in the taste of the dish, but also in the fact that all its ingredients were available for sale.
4. Jelly. If it was possible to get a pork knuckle, it meant that there would certainly be a jelly on the festive table, which forced the shelves of the refrigerator or balcony.
5. Sandwiches with brown bread and sprats are cheap and cheerful, and most importantly, delicious.
6. Jellied fish, which is an analogue of meat jellied meat. Not to say that it was prepared in every family, but the popularity of this dish was high.
7. Processed cheese "Friendship".
8. “Soviet” champagne is an obligatory alcoholic drink that should be at your party in the style of the USSR. Special costs are not required, since champagne is inexpensive. From the "Soviet" alcohol, you can also put cognac, vodka or port on the table.
9. For non-drinkers, it would be appropriate to supply soda "Duchesse", "Baikal" or "Citro", as well as birch or apple juice.
10. From sweet treats, a cake with roses, chocolates “Bear in the North”, “Bird's milk”, “Potato” and “Basket” cakes, cream tubes, “nuts” are suitable.
11. For the New Year celebration, you can add fruits - tangerines - a real symbol of the USSR.

You can complement the table with red caviar, cold cuts and other delicacies of gastronomy. But if the party is in the style of a working Soviet man, then it is better to refrain from such treats.

Appearance

How to dress for a party in the style of the USSR? There are no restrictions, the main thing is not to deviate from that era. If the scenario of the party in the style of "Back to the USSR" is focused on some Soviet film, then everything is simple: the host of the holiday is the main character and should dress appropriately. And guests can pick up other roles.

If a specific decade of the Soviet Union is chosen, then clothing for a party in the style of the USSR should be characteristic. For instance:

1. The 30s is a difficult time of repression and eternal suspicion. And the costumes should be appropriate: budenovki, caps, leather raincoats, red scarves, tall canvas boots.
2. If you want to recreate the military theme of the 40s, you can rent an army uniform, a uniform of nurses.
3. For a party in the style of "Back to the USSR" of the 50s. two-piece suits for men of discreet colors non-fitted. And the main "trick" - trousers tucked into boots. For girls, dresses of simple cut with a collar, white socks are suitable. No make up.
4. The 60s can be spent in the form of stilag. Perhaps the film of the same name was watched by everyone. The idea of ​​costumes can be adopted from there.

If a specific period is not set, then you can choose any suit that matches the time. Costumes for girls for a party in the style of the USSR should be modest, dim (if not dudes), and no defiant makeup. A more relaxed look is permissible for the 80s.

What other options are there? You can dress schoolchildren in a truly truly legendary form: with pioneer ties or October badges. You can find pioneer costumes. This is not only a red tie, it is a white top and a blue bottom, as well as caps.

Make a party of Soviet fashionistas dressing in jeans. Or just look in the chests of parents and grandparents for clothes bought in the Soviet Union. You will be ordinary citizens.

Remember that the dress code (costumes) for a party in the style of the USSR is the main condition of the event. So the dudes are allowed entry.

Good old vinyl: Soviet playlist

What is a party without music? Therefore, for the appropriate celebration, you need to choose the appropriate playlist. What did they listen to in the Soviet Union? Why are Soviet citizens fans?

• In the 30-40s: romances performed by Fyodor Chaliapin, orchestral music and songs by Dunaevsky.
• In the late 60s - early 70s: early electronic music, songs of the Soviet pop stage, VIA songs, author's art, Soviet-made rock music.
• In the 80s there was a total "flowering" of the musical tastes of Soviet citizens: Russian rock was gaining enormous momentum - "Cinema", "Alice", "DDT", "Bravo" and others, disco, electro-pop and more. Young people were also attracted to foreign music. There were such well-known groups as Electroclub, Mirage, Tender May.

Choose your music and download a playlist. But this is not the end of the preparations. If you want to bring the atmosphere of the Union as close as possible, then take care of where the chosen repertoire will sound from. The devices of the USSR were as follows:

• gramophone is the earliest type of player. He reproduced vinyl records and worked from a mechanical plant. Later there were electric gramophones;
• over time, other types of players began to appear - tape recorders. With their appearance, vinyl has been replaced by bobbins of music. The devices were bulky and required as much space as a TV. The most popular were Dnipro and Jupiter;
• cassette recorders appeared in the late 60s, but bobbin options and vinyl players did not lose their relevance.

Tape recorders of the 70-80s are very likely to find from parents and grandmothers. And older devices should be searched in pawnshops, antique stores. But the quality of the reproduced sound can be very lame. And if the party is going to be noisy, then it is better to resort to modern audio systems, and arrange rare ones as an entourage.

"Your pass, comrade", or How to meet guests

They welcome guests from the doorway, so you need to do this also in the spirit of the Soviet era. The scenario of the party in the style of the USSR, or rather, the meeting of the guests, may be as follows:

1. The hosts, dressed in costumes, admit guests according to the presence of invitations. If the guest forgot to take it with him, then he needs to be "fined": let him sing a song or tell some Soviet poem.
2. If the guest came “out of shape”, then he needs to be “reprimanded”, but at the same time give out some attribute: an icon, a pioneer tie, a budenovka or something else.
3. Visitors can be recorded in the notebook "Book of registrations" under the signature.
4. As soon as the guests gather, they should be greeted with a solemn speech. Variants of welcoming speech at the party congress, at Komsomol or pioneer meetings, etc., are suitable.

Entertainment time

In the scenario of a party in the style of the USSR, there must be contests. Here, the combination is not forbidden: Soviet entertainment can be combined with modern. They can be conducted by a hired host or host of a celebration. And besides competitions, you need to carry out any entertaining games and events.

Here are the entertainments of Soviet citizens:

• guitar songs;
• lotto, chess, charades;
• dancing;
• active games in the fresh air, for example, "Zarnitsa".

So how can you entertain guests? What contests for a party in the style of the USSR are suitable?

1. Have a quiz about the Soviet Union. After all, Soviet citizens were the most reading nation.
2. Arrange competitive contests: who will quickly and correctly tie a pioneer tie, who will name more aphorisms from Soviet films, who will quickly make a hat from a newspaper, who will quickly find objects of the Soviet era among a bunch of different things.
3. An improvisation contest will be interesting: hand out cards with Soviet abbreviations to the guests (CPSU, CEC, Komsomol, etc.) and invite them to decrypt them, but not as it should, but fun, let them come up with something fun. For example: the CPSU - when to drink today, sit down, etc.
4. Of mobile entertainment should not only be dancing. Competitions can be as follows: "Collection of waste paper" - while the music is playing, it is necessary to collect paper as much as possible. Or invite guests to recall the famous "rubber bands" or "classics."

As prizes and encouraging souvenirs, you can use the attributes of the era of the Soviet Union: badges, flags, cassettes, magnets with the image of the country, portraits and busts of the heads of state, “Soviet” champagne and much more.

At the end of the party, you can give diplomas to especially distinguished guests, for example, "For Activity", "For the Original Costume", "Excellent for Competitions" and so on. The scenario of party contests in the style of the USSR can be supplemented. Go outside and release red balls into the sky or a ball in the form of an Olympic bear.

Finally

Remember that the USSR is a whole era with a length of 69 great years. What will be your party in the style of the Soviets: the troubled 30s, military 40s, agricultural 50s or youth 80s? Whatever you choose, you can’t escape from stormy emotions and pleasure.

The history of the country remained only in the photo. Parties in the style of the USSR, which we talk about in the article, will remind you of the past and bring a lot of pleasure.