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Yeah, I was somewhat surprised by those. "Classes" on domestic flights in the USSR?! And yeah, GUM was (and still is) a department store for Soviet citizens - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUM_(department_store).

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Actually I won't be surprised about classes, given that railway trains had up to 5 different classes of carriages.

No, long-distance trains had four classes: SV (two beds per cabin), Coupe (four beds per cabin), Platzkart (six beds per cabin) and Sitting (no beds, just benches). This classification goes back to Tzar (pre-revolution) times.

It has nothing to do with air transportation which has been developed in Soviet era, where everebody was equal.

edit: minor mistakes.

Weren't there also Soft ("мягкий", two posh beds per cabin)?

This is exactly SV ("спальный вагон").

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C...

Apparently it's a different thing:

https://www.ozon.travel/help/railway/preparation/trains/

As far as I understand, М has private bathroom but СВ doesn't. It's confusing but I'm sure I saw them sold at different prices.

Are we discussing 1982 or 2017? :-)

There were no bathtubs on the trains in 1980-s in Soviet Union...

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