туфта

Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  bullshit, nonsense, poppycock, rubbish
 * 2)  fake, fraud
 * 3)  Cheating on quota or bureaucratic requirements, as for example in labour camps, in state enterprises of planned economies, or in municipal affairs.
 * 4) * ibid, page 184:
 * [Months later] It was hard work and tufta was difficult to invent. I had lost my friend Gorelov and had not found a way to bribe Vtyurin.
 * 1) * ibid, page 351:
 * [Years later] I discovered that tufta is really as much a part of civilian life in the Soviet Union as it is in camp. Without cheating the system nobody could survive; so everyone is engaged in tufta all the time.
 * [Years later] I discovered that tufta is really as much a part of civilian life in the Soviet Union as it is in camp. Without cheating the system nobody could survive; so everyone is engaged in tufta all the time.