Soviet Visuals, a social media project, shares photos that reflect the Soviet and post-Soviet times. Presented below are 40 captivating photographs that stand out.
1. Photo By Tatyana Rodionova
2. “We Are Not Raising Our Sons For War!” Soviet Poster, 1957
3. Azerbaijani Wedding, USSR, 1965
4. Soviet Postcard, 1955
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5. School Pencil Case, USSR, 1970s
6. Belka The Space Dog Upon Returning From Her Cosmic Voyage. USSR, August 1960
7. Pictures Of A Russian Meteorologist Who Spent 30 Years At An Arctic Meteorology Base. By Evgenia Arbugaeva
8. Children In Sleeping Bags Are Being Taken To Have Their Mid-Day Nap, 1930s, Ussr
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9. Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev Was In Space When The Soviet Union Fell Apart In 1991. Unable To Return Home, He Had To Stay In Space Until Further Notice. The Cosmonaut Eventually Returned To Earth After 10 Months In Orbit – To A Very Different Nation. Photo By Volkov/Tass
10. “Down With CPSU”. Soviet Punks During The August 1991 Coup In Moscow
11. Spring In Yakutsk, 1967
12. Post-Soviet Visual. “The Return” Painting By Georgy Kurasov, Russia, 2005
13. Post-Soviet Visual. Meanwhile In The Moscow Metro
14. May Day Celebration. Photo By Ilya Pavlyuk, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, 1968
15. Soviet Linguist, Epigrapher, And Ethnographer Yuri Knorozov, Who Is Particularly Renowned For The Pivotal Role His Research Played In The Decipherment Of The Maya Script, The Writing System Used By The Pre-Columbian Maya Civilization Of Mesoamerica, 1971
16. Babies Sleep Well In The Air In A Light Frost. Nursery №155. Dzerzhinsky District Of Moscow. Photographer Dmitry Baltermantz. 1958
17. “8 March-International Women’s Day” Soviet Postcard, 1961
18. Belka And Strelka, Soviet Space Dogs. Photo By Yuri Krivonosov, 1960
19. Swimmer Maria Havrish Congratulates Her Rival Elena Kovalenko, Who Defeated Her In The Breaststroke Competition At The Spartakiad Of The Peoples Of The USSR In Moscow, 1956
20. Kievskaya Metro Station. Photo By Dean Conger, Moscow, USSR, 1964
21. Bread On Sale In A Supermarket. Photo By Chris Niedenthal, Sofia, People’s Republic Of Bulgaria, 1985
22. Snow Drifts In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Photo By Yuri Sadovnikov, USSR, 1968
23. The Remains Of A Concrete Apartment Building In Kirovsky, A Former Fisherman Village In Kamchatka Which Was Abandoned In 1964
24. Ice Swimmers In Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, 1960s
25. Soviet Postcard, 1956
26. Soviet Cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin And Gherman Titov In Their Flight Suits And Helmets, In A Bus Heading Toward The Vostok 1 Launch Site In Baykonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, USSR, On 12 April 1961. Gagarin Was Soon To Become Famous As The First Man In Space
27. “My Grandma With Her Classmates. Lori Region, Armenia, 1966-1967”
28. Young Pioneers In Defense Drill. Photo By Viktor Bulla, Leningrad, USSR, 1937
29. “Architect” Soviet Construction Kit For Children, 1980s
30. Boy Standing In Front Of Fallen Statue Of Lenin. Photo By Dario Mitidieri, Ethiopia, 1991
31. Dutch Fashion Models Sonja Bakker And Femke Van De Bosch In Moscow. Photo By Paul Huf, USSR 1965
32. Leonid Brezhnev And Erich Honecker. Photo By Helmuth Lohmann, Berlin, GDR, 1979
33. Baby Yoda Is Just Capitalist Cheburashka. May The 4th Be With You!
34. Post-Soviet Visual. Fish Sellers In The Market Of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, March 1993
35. Amanauz Hotel Abandoned During Construction, Dombay, USSR, 1985
36. Self-Made New Year Robot Costume, USSR, 1964
37. Vacationers Sunbathing On The Coast Of The Gulf Of Riga In Jurmala. Photo By Yakov Berliner, Latvian SSR, 1975
38. Post-Soviet Visual
39. World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov (Right) Holds a Demo Game At The Sports Festival Dedicated To The XVIII Komsomol Congress. Photo By Vladimir Rodionov, USSR, 24 April 1978
40. “The Face Of Imperialism” Soviet Belarusian Poster, 1967
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