The first McDonald's in Moscow
The American fast-food chain was a huge hit when it opened in the Soviet Union in 1990
Witness History · BBC World Service
May 18, 20229m 2s
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Show Notes
Following the closure of McDonald’s in Russia, we’re going back to January 1990 when the global fast food giant opened its first restaurant in Moscow. In 2015, Mike Lanchin spoke to George Cohon, the man who brought the Big Mac to what was then the communist USSR, and to Sveta Polyakova, one of the first locals to work there.
PHOTO: A Soviet police officer outside the first McDonald's (Getty Images)