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Soviet women of the 1980s (PHOTOS)

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RUSSIA BEYOND
Archive of Galina Piskunova; Denchuk/Sputnik
Hopes for the future and the first sips of freedom from Gorbachev's perestroika changed both the image and outlook of Soviet women — their outfits and appearance speak louder than words.
Portrait of a woman in front of Mishka, the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics
Semen Mishin-Morgenstern/MAMM/MDF

Moscow beauties Katya Chelichkina and Masha Kalinina
Sergey Borisov/MAMM/MDF

Singer Edita Piekha in evening dress
Sergey Borisov/MAMM/MDF

Untitled
Valentin Khukhlaev/Archive of Valentin Khukhlaev

Fashion exhibition on the day of the city
Murom History and Art Museum

Friends
Pavel Sukharev/Archive of Pavel Sukharev
Communal kitchen
Vladimir Bogdanov/MAMM/MDF

Fashion show
Alexander Bobkin/Archive of Alexander Bobkin

Newlyweds
Nikolay Bolotin/MAMM/MDF

Grazhina. From the cycle “People of Lithuania”
Antanas Sutkus/MAMM/MDF

"The most beautiful..."
MAMM/MDF

Svetlana Toma in a scene from Alexander Kosarev’s film 'Souvenir for the Prosecutor'
Family archive of Maria Kosareva

Two sisters
Vladimir Karlov/Archive of Vladimir Karlov

Singer Zhanna Aguzarova in the studio of photographer Sergey Borisov
Sergey Borisov/MAMM/MDF

Visitors at Izmailovo Market
Alexey Bystrov/Archive of Vladimir Karlov

Artist Ekaterina Grigoryeva at Izmailovo Market
Alexey Bystrov/Archive of Vladimir Karlov

Girls sing The Beatles in a Leningrad hostel
Archive of Galina Piskunova

Cover of the vinyl record “Everest”
Sergey Borisov/MAMM/MDF

Young mothers with children in an amusement park in the city of Klaipeda, Lithuanian SSR
Archive of Vladimir Karlov
Actress Natalya Belokhvostikova
Alexander Steshanov/MAMM/MDF

Those eyes
Viktor Akhlomov/MAMM/MDF

Leningrad, 1987
Igor Mukhin/MAMM/MPH

Staff of the mirror-making workshop at the Irbit glass factory
Archive of Sergey Fedoseev

Slava Zaitsev Fashion House
MAMM/MDF

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