Measures 4" in diameter, finished with paper advertisements on both sides, promoting "Cencu" beer, a light Latvian-style lager. Judging by the Sign of Quality under the name of the beer, it was awarded this, highest in the USSR, quality rating.

In excellent condition, perfectly clean and undamaged in any way.

The significance of this seemingly simple object is that a beer coaster was an unheard-of and definitely never-seen luxury in a typical Soviet pub outside the Baltic republics. Come to think of it, there is no term in the entire Russian language for "coaster". There is

Measures 4" in diameter, finished with paper advertisements on both sides, promoting "Cencu" beer, a light Latvian-style lager. Judging by the Sign of Quality under the name of the beer, it was awarded this, highest in the USSR, quality rating.

In excellent condition, perfectly clean and undamaged in any way.

The significance of this seemingly simple object is that a beer coaster was an unheard-of and definitely never-seen luxury in a typical Soviet pub outside the Baltic republics. Come to think of it, there is no term in the entire Russian language for "coaster". There is a descriptive way of saying it but no one-word term.
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