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Страхование машины [stra-kha-'va-ni-ye ma-'shi-n.y] "Car insurance". How many Soviet people had a private car to be worried about this kind of insurance? 253 d) Медицинская страховка [mye-di-'ts.yn-ska-ya stra-'khof-ka ] "Medical insurance". This did not exist at all because (as you already know from Subject 11) nearly all medical services in the former Soviet Union were free. e) Страхование жизни [stra-kha-'va-ni-ye 'zhi-zni] "Life insurance". Again, it was that kind of insurance many Soviets could easily do without. Indeed, consider a typical Soviet family. They lived in a state owned flat for which they paid very little. They did not have a car. All their household items had most probably been paid off, because opportunities for hire purchase were severely restricted by the Soviet Government (as we had already mentioned in Subject 8, hire purchase in the Soviet Union was limited by items which cost no more than your 3-month salary). Thus, if one member of the family died, the surviving members would continue to stay in their flat and would be able to keep nearly everything which belonged to their household. They would not worry about a mortgage (there was even no proper equivalent for this word in the Russian language). They would not worry about repayments on their non-existent car. And they would not worry about payment for their education or medical treatment as long as it continued to be free. Nonetheless, everything now is changing in Russia. This society is becoming more and more market oriented, and therefore less and less reliant on the state. In 254 these new conditions, the importance of insurance (and its acceptance by the general public) will certainly be increasing quite rapidly. Anyway, let's imagine that you live in modern Russia and are doing quite well. Your spacious flat is full of useful and even luxurious things. It is your treasure and you are scared to lose it. Download 3.08 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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