33 photographs from the everyday life of the Soviet people in 1963

1. Armenian composer
2. Village
3. May celebrations
4. Farm manager
5. Statue of V. I. Lenin
6. The remote village of Barisakho
7. Pioneer camp
8. Guard on the railway
9. Mother with child
10. Horse lovers
11. Shepherds
12. Russian cowboy
13. Arch of the Winter Palace
14. Carved windows
15. Soviet painter
16. Freelance artist
17. Heroine of Socialist Labor
18. Lecturer at the Conservatory
19. Kindergarten
20. Gorky Park
21. Soviet sculptor
22. View from the window
23. World famous ballerina
24. Sculptor
25. Leading Soviet sculptor
26. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
27. Puppeteer
28. Icon Collector
29. Vacationers in the Sochi sanatorium
30. Miners in a sanatorium
31. The flight of the first woman into space
32. The only unclosed synagogue in Bukhara
33. On Red Square

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All-Union Spartakiad in 1963 at the Luzhniki Stadium

1963 went down in history as the apogee of the Khrushchev thaw with its gigantic construction projects, endless experiments, and fanatical belief in the superiority of socialism and dreams of the imminent construction of communism. And while the country of the Soviets was catching up and overtaking America, and in a number of directions very successfully, the Soviet people lived the most ordinary life. In our review of 30 photographs from the life of the most ordinary people in 1963.

1. Armenian composer

Soviet Armenian composer Aram Khachaturyan with his students in Armenia

2. Village

3. May celebrations

4. Farm manager

A farm manager from the Stalin collective farm, in Stalin's hometown. Gori, Georgia

5. Statue of V. I. Lenin

A statue of V. I. Lenin near the Monastery of the Cross in Georgia

6. The remote village of Barisakho

A scene high in the mountains in the remote village of Barisakho, Georgia

7. Pioneer camp

Pioneer camp in the city of Bratsk, Irkutsk region

8. Guard on the railway

A security guard on the railway near Bratsk

9. Mother with child

10. Horse lovers

Horse lovers in the steppe area along the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains

11. Shepherds

12. Russian cowboy

Russian cowboy in the steppe near Pyatigorsk

13. Arch of the Winter Palace

14. Carved windows

A boy with a cat look out of the window of a Russian hut

15. Soviet painter

Alexander Loktionov, academic Soviet painter. Moscow

16. Freelance artist

Vasily Sitnikov, freelance artist. Moscow

17. Heroine of Socialist Labor

Nadezhda Zaglada, Ukrainian collective farmer, heroine of socialist labor

18. Lecturer at the Conservatory

David Oistrakh, violin teacher at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Moscow

19. Kindergarten

20. Gorky Park

21. Soviet sculptor

Soviet sculptor Konenkov, who lived in the United States

22. View from the window

Red Square and St. Basil's Cathedral from the window of the National Hotel

23. World famous ballerina

Maya Plisetskaya, world famous ballerina. Moscow

24. Sculptor

25. Leading Soviet sculptor

Matvey Manizer, a leading Soviet sculptor in his huge studio

26. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

27. Puppeteer

Obraztsov Sergey - the main puppeteer of the Soviet Union

28. Icon Collector

Pavel Korin is a painter, portraitist, muralist, collector, Lenin Prize laureate with his collection of icons

29. Vacationers in the Sochi sanatorium

Gymnastic classes for vacationers in the Sochi sanatorium

30. Miners in a sanatorium

Exercise for miners in a sanatorium in the Black Sea resort of Sochi

31. The flight of the first woman into space

Valentina Tereshkova in the cockpit of the ship on June 16, 1963

32. The only unclosed synagogue in Bukhara

33. On Red Square

Soviet people on Red Square on November 7

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