Trust me, I lived with them, they really were exactly that - horse and cart with no meaningful technology.
I could never be convinced that our ancestors were some uncultured "horse and cart" losers with no meaningful technology.
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None of us lived in those times.
In some parts of soviet union the second half of 20th century was totally indifferent from second half of 19th century, which wasn't much different from a number of even earlier centuries.
I mean no cars, no electricity, no phones, artisan blacksmith metal tools and parts of a cart.
Except, most already had modern bicycles.
The collective farms did have the machinery, but not the people at home. So outside the collective farms life was pretty much early 19th century.