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During the Cold War blue jeans were a black market hot item in the Soviet Union but what happened if someone in authority saw you wearing them? Would you be arrested or questioned? Where could you wear them safely? Or was it not a big deal to be seen wearing them?

by /u/TheKoi in /r/AskHistorians

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