On December 30, 1922, the Soviet Union was founded. The country that no longer existed left a huge cultural heritage and here are some most recognizable photos and realities of this now bygone era.
1. Alexander Rodchenko. Lilya Brik. Portrait for ‘Books’ Advertising Poster, 1924
2. Arkady Shaikhet. Peasants doing morning exercises in a sanatorium based on the former royal palace in Livadia, Crimea, 1925
3. Alexander Rodchenko. Construction of the White Sea-Baltic Canal, 1933
4. Yakov Khalip. “Thank you Comrade Stalin for our happy childhood!”, 1930s
5. Alexander Rodchenko. Girls with Scarves, 1935
6. Vsevolod Tarasevich. A girl stacks blank shells at a Leningrad factory, 1942
7. Ivan Shagin. Sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko, 1942
8. Yevgeny Khaldei. The Victory Banner over the Reichstag. Berlin, 1945
9. Max Alpert. Reels at a weaving mill, 1951
10. Vsevolod Tarasevich. Welder at the Kakhovska construction site, 1950s
11. Mikhail Trakhman. Festival of Youth and Students on the streets of Moscow, 1957
12. Dmitry Baltermants. Nikita Khrushchev’s “corny” arguments, 1961
13. Yakov Khalip. The Kremlin Palace of Congresses, 1961
14. Vsevolod Tarasevich. Yury Gagain the day after his epic flight, 1961
15. Vladimir Lagrange. Graduates of Moscow schools on the Red Square, 1962
16. Alexander Ptitsyn. Siberian Oil, 1962
17. Vladimir Musaelyan. Leonid Brezhnev’s visit to East Germany, 1971
18. Alexander Steshanov. In the dressing room of the Voronezh Opera and Ballet Theater, 1984
19. Artem Romashov. “Perestroika, Glasnost, Democratization”, 1988
20. Alexander Steshanov. A waiting line for the first McDonald’s in the Soviet Union, 1990
Dear readers,
Our website and social media accounts are under threat of being restricted or banned, due to the current circumstances. So, to keep up with our latest content, simply do the following:
- Subscribe to our Telegram channel
- Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter
- Enable push notifications on our website
- Install a VPN service on your computer and/or phone to have access to our website, even if it is blocked in your country
If using any of Russia Beyond's content, partly or in full, always provide an active hyperlink to the original material.
