Economic crisis in Russia

July 1-18, 1991. USSR. Chita Region. Former builders of the Baikal-Amur Mainline named after Lenin Komsomol, who want to move to more prosperous regions of the country, in the office of the head of the Chara station, waiting for containers to transport their belongings. Due to economic problems in the country, funding for the road from the state budget was cut, salaries of BAM workers and the pace of housing and infrastructure construction in BAM settlements decreased. The exact date of the photo is unknown. Vladimir Sayapin/TASS