First Soviet McDonald’s opens in 1990 8 July , 20168 July , 2016 The AsiaN Editor All, Asia, Central Asia, Culture, Economic, History, Life, Multimedia, News, Others, People, Photo, Photography, Society, Video Photo: ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AP The first McDonalds opened its doors to thousands of people in the date of January 31, 1990. Russian people stand in a long line to taste the Western burger. It was a symbolic date of the late Soviet period.