Thread: волненья за завтра

Hello all! My first post here!

From Олег Митяев's МОЙ ОТЕЦ:

как цены, волненья снижались тогда
За прекрасное “завтра” державы.
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I'm having a bit of trouble understanding this line, and particularly the word, волненья. Anyway, here's my attempt at translating this:

Just like prices, ... were falling (is falling prices some sort of a sarcasm here?) ... beautiful future of the state.

I'd be much obliged if you could help me with this. Much obliged.

There was command-administrative economic system in USSR. Prices were calculated and fixed by administration.
Growth of economic sometimes led to recalculation of prices to lower values.

'волненья' is for 'disturbance/riot/worries' here. It can be act of riot or just feeling of 'political anxiety' in society. Second meaning is implied here. You translation of first line is correct, but I do not remember proper english term right now.

За прекрасное “завтра” державы. = 'because State promised beautiful "tomorrow"'
It's a little bit tricky collocation. 'in exchange for State's beautiful "tomorrow"' literally.

Originally Posted by Alex80

'волненья' is for 'disturbance/riot/worries' here.

No, it isn't. "Волноваться за будущее" means "to worry about the future". "Волнение снижалось" - "they worried less".

Prices were very high during World War II, and after the war they were gradually decreasing.

Originally Posted by Alex80

There was command-administrative economic system in USSR. Prices were calculated and fixed by administration.
Growth of economic sometimes led to recalculation of prices to lower values.

'волненья' is for 'disturbance/riot/worries' here. It can be act of riot or just feeling of 'political anxiety' in society. Second meaning is implied here. You translation of first line is correct, but I do not remember proper english term right now.

За прекрасное “завтра” державы. = 'because State promised beautiful "tomorrow"'
It's a little bit tricky collocation. 'in exchange for State's beautiful "tomorrow"' literally.

I couldn't have hoped for a better explanation! All is clear now. Thank you very much!

Originally Posted by Полуношник

No, it isn't. "Волноваться за будущее" means "to worry about the future". "Волнение снижалось" - "they worried less".

Prices were very high during World War II, and after the war they were gradually decreasing.

Thank you! I think "political anxiety" is a good one as Alex80 suggested, isn't it?