Beryozka - soviet imports
Welcome to Beryozka – the USSR’s not-so-secret luxury shop.
Soviet shops where jeans, whiskey, and Marlboros existed. The catch? You couldn’t pay in rubles. Only dollars, marks, or special government checks. Capitalism behind a birch tree, comrades.
The Soviet Union banned ordinary people from holding foreign cash… but happily took it off their hands in Beryozka. Here, the shelves were full, the jeans were real, and the chocolate wasn’t Soviet. A workers’ paradise? Only if your uncle in New Jersey sent you money
Stepping into a Beryozka was like stepping through the Iron Curtain in reverse. Outside: gray queues for bread. Inside: shiny stereos, French perfume, Scotch whisky. Think duty-free, but with more KGB surveillance.
We’ve recreated the Beryozka spirit for you – the Cold War’s forbidden treasures in your shopping cart.
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Vintage Skagen Slimline Titanium – Charcoal Matte Dial Date Quartz from the 2000s
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Vintage Seiko Silver Wave – Digital LCD Chronograph from April 1979
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Vintage Citizen Cosmotron Special Electronic – Green Sunburst Cushion Day-Date from January 1976
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Vintage Seiko SilverWave Quartz – Navy Blue Dial from April 1980
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Vintage Seiko Type II – Dark Blue Dial Day-Date Quartz from August 1979
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Vintage Citizen Crystron Quartz – Blue Dial Date from October 1975
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Vintage Seiko Silver Wave – Digital LCD Chronograph from August 1979
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Vintage Citizen Crystron Quartz – Blue Pinstripe Octagonal Day-Date from May 1977
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Vintage Citizen Crystron Quartz – Green Sunburst Day-Date from May 1975
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Vintage Seiko SilverWave Quartz – Green Dial Day-Date from October 1979
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Vintage Seiko SilverWave Quartz – Black Dial Day-Date from November 1980
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Vintage Alba Quartz Day-Date – Pale Blue Dial, English/Kanji from September 1979
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Vintage Seiko Type II – Black 24-Hour Dial Day-Date Quartz from November 1979
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Vintage Seiko SilverWave Quartz – Black Dial 24-Hour Day-Date from October 1980
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Vintage Citizen Crystron Quartz – Blue Dial Day-Date from March 1978