Forward to the past: colorful retro photographs from the 1870s, taken by a citizen of Odessa of French origin

"Incomplete lower" education and 9 more interesting facts from the life of the famous Odessa citizen Leonid Utesov

March 21 marks the 121st anniversary of the birth of the famous theater, cinema and pop artist Leonid Utesov. He became the first pop artist who was awarded the title of People's, and one of those who still remains a truly national performer - his popularity was all-Union, and the public's love for him reached the point of frenzy. Utesov was a real Odessa citizen, and in his life there were a lot of funny situations connected primarily with this legendary city

Colorful photographs taken on the territory of the USSR in 1976

The 1970s in the USSR are the time of developed socialism, construction projects of the century, labor exploits and the country's serious influence on the political arena. The photographs collected in this review allow you to take a virtual trip into the past and see how the Soviet country lived 40 years ago

Colorful photographs of Prokudin-Gorsky, taken at the beginning of the 20th century

Prokudin-Gorsky left Russia in 1918, first to Norway and England, and then finally to France. By that time, the tsar and his family were shot, and the empire, which Prokudin-Gorsky so carefully captured, was destroyed. His unique depictions of Russia on the eve of the revolution - made on glass negatives - were purchased from his heirs by the Library of Congress in 1948. For this exhibition, glass plates were scanned, and as a result of the application of a new digital process

Forward into the past: photographs from the life of people in the USSR in the 1950s, taken by Semyon Fridlyand

The 1950s in the USSR are a time of optimism, the joy of post-war construction, a time of new hopes. And all this can be seen on the faces of people who were captured by the famous Soviet photographer Semyon Fridlyand. Perhaps some of these shots will seem staged. But still, in each of them - a frozen era

Forward into the past: photographs from the life of people in the USSR in the 1950s, taken by Semyon Fridlyand (part 2)

Semyon Osipovich Fridlyand is a Soviet photographer and journalist. His photographs of Soviet people made him famous not only on the territory of the USSR, but also outside the country. The works of Semyon Fridland are full of nostalgia for a modern person for the times long gone, when the sun shone brighter and food tasted better. We offer you a selection of vivid pictures of a person who photographed people of the Soviet era, putting a particle of himself into each picture