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Soviet/Post-Soviet photography, architecture & design.
Installation of a mosaic inside Kievskaya metro station in Moscow. 1953 © Valentin Khukhlayev/

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March 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Argun, Chechnya. 2017 © Kirill Kudryavtsev

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March 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A man is having a rest after winter swimming while children in the background are playing with paper ships. Chelyabinsk Region. © Viktor Sosunov

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March 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The town of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region. 2015 © Steve McCurry

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March 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Leningrad. 1987 © Ferdinando Scianna

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March 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A wedding registration. Bratsk. 1967. © Elliott Erwitt

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March 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Torgim, an Ingush village in the Assi valley that was thriving in the 16th and 17th centuries. © Alexander Polyakov

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March 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
At the Nashestvie 2012 fest. "Korol i Shut" fans © Vladimir Astapkovich

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March 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Flight attendant Elena Ivantsova loading sea buckthorn seedlings into the cargo compartment of a passenger airliner. Barnaul. 1991 © Viktor Sadchikov

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March 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The first All-Union competition of flight attendants. The winner of the contest Ekaterina Kuznetsova performs. 1972. © Lev Polikashin

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March 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Moscow Vnukovo Airport. Aeroflot stewardess after a flight. 1961. © Georgy Petrusov

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March 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Leaders of the Communist Party of Russia bear the casket of Leonid Brezhnev, former Communist Party leader, in front of the Tomb of Lenin in Red Square during the funeral procession. Moscow. 1982 © Bettman

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March 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Maslenitsa in Moscow. 2025 © Stanislav Krasilnikov

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March 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A girl with a dog. Penza Region. 1985. © Rustam Mukhametzyanov

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March 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A woman stands on the rooftop of the Moskvich building. © Artyom Zhitenev

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February 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
At a Soviet factory in Cheboksary © Rudolph Alfimov

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February 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A housewarming party in Moscow's Orekhovo-Borisovo district. © Yuri Abramochkin

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February 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A birthday party of future Russian movie director Egor Konchalovsky. 1972. © Viktor Ruykovich

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February 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Spring in Moscow. 1959 © Vadim Kruglikov

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February 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A girl at the shopfront of a Moscow department store ‘Detsky mir’ (‘Children’s World’) © Galina Kiseleva

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February 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Baltic Fleet sailors talk to a girl named Lyusya. She and other children are being evacuated from a besieged city. © Boris Kudoyarov

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February 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A boy collects apples in the north of Kazakhstan. 1965 © Yuri Abramochkin

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February 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The birth of a ballerina. 1965 © Yuri Abramochkin

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February 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A short snack break and school news. The construction of the ‘Rossiya’ hotel. 1965 © Yuri Abramochkin

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February 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The traditional Caucasian dance Lezginka performed by Makhmud Esambaev, one of the region’s most celebrated dancers. 1971 © Yuri Abramochkin

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February 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM