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

A look into the past: photographs about the life of Soviet citizens from 1917 to 1940

Traditions, life and architecture of Russia throughout the 20th century is an integral part of European and world culture. The pre-war period, after the revolution of 1917 and before the start of the Great Patriotic War, was characterized by the establishment of a new policy and completely new views on the issue of economics. An extremely new, socialist culture was created, which was supposed to express the interests of the working people and serve as the main goals of the class struggle of the proletariat for socialism

USSR of the 1960s: Photographs of Soviet cities that provide a glimpse into the past

The 1960s were a special time in the USSR. The country had already managed to recover after a terrible war, peaceful construction was actively carried out, the "Khrushchev thaw" began, and people looked to the future with hope and confidence in the future. Today, these photos may seem naive to someone, but this is exactly what Soviet cities were at that time

Back in the past: 15 atmospheric photographs about the life of Soviet people

All this was, was, was … This is the phrase that comes to mind when looking at old photographs. Each of them is not just people who lived several decades ago, but a whole era in the life of the country. Such photographs can be viewed for a long time and find in them more and more subtleties and details

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

Jean Xavier Raoul is a French-born photographer from Odessa. In 1870, he went on an expedition to the Nizhny Novgorod and Oryol provinces, visited the Caucasus and wherever he happened to be, Jean Raoul took pictures of ordinary people. Today these photos are a real discovery

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