We have written a lot about how Soviet people worked at factories and collective farms, attended mass demonstrations and sent rockets into space. But what did they do at home? Well, Soviet photographers also captured ordinary people's everyday home life.
1. Morning exercises
Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF
2. Family breakfast
Max Alpert, S. Tules, Arkady Shaykhet/MAMM/MDF
3. Cleaning, usually done at weekends
Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF
4. Reading newspapers
Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF
5. Cooking
Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF
6. Pursuing one's hobby
Ida Sharypova / Sharipovs and Afanasyevs family archive
7. Studying
Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF
8. Enjoying one's favorite pastime
L. Vilner/ MAMM/MDF
9. Sowing, mending, washing, ironing…
Vladimir Sokolayev/MAMM/MDF
10. Visiting or receiving guests
Vsevolod Tarasevich /MAMM/MDF
11. Listening to music
Unknown photographer/MAMM/MDF
12. Watching TV in the evening
Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF