Moscow in the Early 1970s Through Amazing Photos
This post was originally published on this siteLife in Moscow during the 1970s was marked by a period of stability and relative prosperity, following the […]
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Rare Color Photographs of the Interiors of the Alexander Palace in 1917
This post was originally published on this siteA rare and unique set of Autochrome color photograph plates, taken by Alexander Zehest in 1917 of the […]
Russian Woodstock: Amazing Photographs From the Two Day Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989
This post was originally published on this siteIf any single event encapsulated the massiveness of hard rock and heavy metal at the end of the […]
Mugshots of the Young Joseph Stalin From 1902 to 1911
This post was originally published on this siteBorn Josef Dzhugashvili in Gori, Georgia in 1879, the young Stalin studied to become a priest whilst secretly […]
Moscow in 1950 Through Amazing Color Photos
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the postwar years, there was a serious housing crisis, solved by the invention of high-rise apartments. There […]
A Collection of Teeth Pulled by Peter the Great, circa 1700s
This post was originally published on this siteThe passion for collecting is a full time job, an obsession. All collectors seem to have one thing […]
Ded Moroz: 30 Beautiful Vintage Soviet Santa Postcards From Between the 1940s and 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteDed Moroz is a legendary figure similar to Santa Claus who has his roots in Slavic mythology. The […]
Photographs Show Thousands of Protesters at an Anti-Government Rally in Moscow on March 10, 1991
This post was originally published on this siteOn March 10, 1991, a major opposition demonstration took place in the center of Moscow. Though estimates of […]
Magical Color Autochromes From Pre-Revolutionary Russia Taken By Peter Vedenisov
This post was originally published on this siteThese outstanding autochrome pictures of pre-Revolutionary Russia were taken by Peter Ivanovich Vedenisov (1866-1937). After graduating from the […]
Incredible Photos of Soviet Women Snipers in World War II
This post was originally published on this siteSoviet women played an important role in World War II (whose Eastern Front was known as the Great […]
From Russia With Love: Amazing Photographs of Jerry Hall for British Vogue Taken by Norman Parkinson in 1975
This post was originally published on this siteNorman Parkinson (1913–1990) was one of the great British fashion and portrait photographers of the 20th century. He […]
Moscow in 1965 Through Beautiful Black and White Photos
This post was originally published on this siteMoscow is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central […]
In the 1920s, a Soviet Doctor Removed a Dog’s Head and Kept It Alive Without Its Body
This post was originally published on this siteUntil now, it’s clear that humans are totally obsessed with performing weird experiments especially, on dogs. Another one […]
The Empire in Color: 28 Incredible Photos Documented Life in Russia From 1905 to 1915
This post was originally published on this siteUsing emerging technological advances in color photography, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) made numerous photographic trips to systematically document […]
The Two-Headed Dog Experiment: Shavka and Brodyaga, Two Soviet Dogs Became Famous in History by Becoming One
This post was originally published on this site In 1959 Vladimir Demikhov, a Soviet scientist and organ transplant pioneer, attached the upper body of a […]
27 Gorgeous Avant-Garde Movie Posters of the Soviet Union
This post was originally published on this siteThe Bolsheviks understood the value of the new art of cinema, even Vladimir Lenin himself considered that it […]
40 Incredibly Colorized Photos of the 1903 Winter Palace Costume Ball
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1903 ball in the Winter Palace was a luxurious ball during the reign of the Emperor Nicholas […]
Just Before USSR Dissolution, These Photos Capture Street Scenes of Moscow in 1990
This post was originally published on this siteWhen the USSR was dissolved in 1991, Moscow remained the capital of the Russian SFSR (on December 25, […]
40 Historical Photos of the Siege of Leningrad
This post was originally published on this siteThe siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the Army Group North […]
Snegovik: 25 Adorable Soviet Snowman Christmas Cards From the Mid 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteSnegovik (Russian: Снегови́к) means a “snowman”, a sculpture of a human figure made of (wet) snow in thaw […]
Moscow in 1931 Through Branson DeCou’s Lens
This post was originally published on this siteAmerican photographer and travelogue lecturer Branson DeCou journeyed the world for thirty years before his death in 1941 […]
40 Photos Capture Street Scenes of Soviet Union in the Early 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, thus starting the Space Age. […]
Russian Red Army Dance Ensemble (1940s)
This post was originally published on this siteThe Red Army Choir (Choir Aleksandrov) is a performing ensemble that serves as the official army choir of […]
David Bowie Traveling the Trans-Siberian Railway From Vladivostok to Moscow, April 1973
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1973, David Bowie traveled to the Soviet Union after finishing the Japan leg of his Ziggy Stardust […]
Soviet Union in the Mid-Late 1980s Through Amazing Photos
This post was originally published on this siteThe history of the Soviet Union from 1982 through 1991 spans the period from Leonid Brezhnev‘s death and […]