The Soviet Art of Photography
The Soviet People
Georgia
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A Georgian women folk dances with a friend. (circa 1950s) |
A Muslim woman. (circa 1980s) |
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| A Teacher instructs her student. (circa 1980s) |
Miscellaneous
| Two girls dance with each other, while a boy akwardly looks on. (circa 1980s) |
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Speaking in a phone booth. (circa 1980s) |
| Boris Messerer paints a portrait of his wife, the famous poet Bella Akhmadulina. (circa 1980s) |
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Russia, Irkutsk
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A young woman stands vigilant guard over a WWII Monument. (circa 1980s) |
Russia, Miscelleaneous
| A mother walks her son past their country house. (circa 1950s) |
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A boisterious family celebrates a birthday at their dacha. (circa 1980s) |
A woman awaiting her friends sets her table for a bountiful lunch. (circa 1980s) | 
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Russia, Moscow
| On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human being in space. Here, a massive audience of people pack Red Square in awe of their nation's accomplishment, and focus with delight on Yuri's speach. |
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A pensioner spends his time weighing people in the park, picking up a little suplemental income. (circa 1980s) |
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Elena Zharinov, a single mother, moves her family into a new apartment. Looking off their balcony, they are among the first to receive housing in this new apartment complex. (circa 1950s) | Youngest daughter Svetlana explores the closet in her room. |
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Soviet citizens looking to find a new apartment come here, where people sell their current apartment, and purchase a new one. (circa 1980s) |
| Two retired workers live together in this apartment complex, in the lower half sitting in their kitchen. Around 20% of city dwellers lived with roomates. |
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Alexander Lozovan, a civil engineer, listens to his daughter Natasha play on the piano. (circa 1950s) |
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A worker displays his habit of vodka. (circa 1980s) |
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It's new years day, and the Walrus club mentally prepares for a frollic in the refreshing water of the Moskva river. (circa 1980s) |
A family walks through the park, while a baboshka looks on. (circa 1980s) |
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Russia, Siberia
| A family living on a collective farm, primarily grazing land for cattle and sheep, pose in front of their house, near to the border of Mongolia. |
Turkomenistan
| Turkomen continue a millinium old tradition, travleing the ancient Silk Road with camel caravans. Here, they rest during thier journey in the great Kara-Kum desert, which covers nearly 298,000 sq. km in Central Asia. |
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Ukraine, Kiev
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Ivan Teslenko, the elected chairman of a collective farm, prepares an evening meal with his wife. (circa 1950s) |
Ukraine, Miscellaneous
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A retired worker keeps busy by making combs in his home workshop. (circa 1980s) |
Natasha Lozovan, a music student, is broken from the doldrums of study by her Mother and a friend, while at their grandparents house. (circa 1950s) |
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Uzbekistan
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A Muslim family sit on elaborate Bukhara rugs for a healthy lunch, eating palov — rice, mutton, and vegtables. (circa 1980s) |
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A veteran wears his medals proudly. (circa 1980s) |
Young women wearing gold-embroidered caps called doppi, have their hair coiffed into 40 some plaits. (circa 1980s) |
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Transcription/Markup: Brian Baggins
Online Version: Soviet History Archive (marxists.org) 2001