Russia 200 Years Later: Predictions of the Future on Postcards 1914
Russia 200 Years Later: Predictions of the Future on Postcards 1914

Video: Russia 200 Years Later: Predictions of the Future on Postcards 1914

Video: Russia 200 Years Later: Predictions of the Future on Postcards 1914
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"Moscow in the future"
"Moscow in the future"

Perhaps everyone at least once in his life wanted to know his future. And this is quite normal. In 1914, the Einem chocolate factory (today's Red October), together with chocolates, released a series of postcards with predictions of what Moscow would look like in 200 and even 300 years. Today it is quite amusing to consider the guesses of people who lived a century ago. Some ideas about the future cause a laugh, while others have already come true.

A set of chocolates with prediction cards from the Einem factory
A set of chocolates with prediction cards from the Einem factory

In 1913-1914, Moscow experienced a rapid economic growth, life was measured, everyone calmly looked into their future. Then the Einem chocolate factory produced a series of boxes, in which, in addition to sweets, there were 8 postcards with the ideas of contemporaries about the XXII and even XXIII centuries.

Einem Partnership Factory, 1880s
Einem Partnership Factory, 1880s
Postcard "Theater Square"
Postcard "Theater Square"
Theater Square, Bolshoi and Maly Theaters, Central Department Store in our time
Theater Square, Bolshoi and Maly Theaters, Central Department Store in our time
Postcard "Lubyanskaya Square"
Postcard "Lubyanskaya Square"
Postcard "Petersburg highway"
Postcard "Petersburg highway"
Postcard "Petersburg highway"
Postcard "Petersburg highway"
Hotel "Petrovsky Palace"
Hotel "Petrovsky Palace"
Postcard "Moskvoretsky Bridge"
Postcard "Moskvoretsky Bridge"
Moskvoretsky bridge today
Moskvoretsky bridge today
Postcard "Moscow River"
Postcard "Moscow River"

Not only in Russia have they thought about the future. In Europe, too, a series of cards about the future was issued even earlier by the Hildebrands chocolate factory. The postcards depicted people's ideas of what the world would look like in 2000.

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