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Moscow Winters, Fragments of the 20th Century.

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Here is a fine col­lec­tion of images of Moscow win­ters, dat­ing from 1920s till 1991. Sadly many places por­trayed on these pho­tographs are gone now, just like the Soviet Union itself, yet lest we for­get.  Please read on to see the image of the first set of traf­fic lights in Moscow CBD in late 1930s, which was oper­ated by a spe­cially trained per­son; or the largest fresh­wa­ter out­door  swim­ming pool in the world -  as well as peo­ple, wooden houses, old boule­vards cov­ered with the vir­gin snow.

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1925. A pri­vate house on the bank of the Tarakanovka river

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A Glance at the Soviet Lifestyle, Captured by Marc Riboud.

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A singing class, Moscow, 1960s

This is our third post devoted to Marc Riboud, an out­stand­ing French pho­tog­ra­pher, who trav­eled exten­sively through­out the Soviet Union.  His images cap­tured an array of every­day life episodes from the lives of the Soviet peo­ple.  Here is the first lot — and here is the sec­ond one. As always, click on the mag­ni­fy­ing glass icon to see the pho­tos in detail.

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Photos of Moscow and Surroundings by Marc Riboud, 1960s

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This is our sec­ond post devoted to the out­stand­ing French pho­tog­ra­pher Marc Riboud who trav­eled exten­sively through­out the Soviet Union in the 1960s. His images cap­tured an array of every­day life episodes from the lives of the Soviet peo­ple — today it is a col­lec­tion of images of peo­ple out in the streets. The first lot can be found here. As always, click on the mag­ni­fy­ing glass to see the pho­tos in detail.

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Moscow 1960

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Photos of Moscow and Surroundings by Marc Riboud, 1960s

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Remem­ber the pho­to­graph of a young Amer­i­can girl with a flower who con­fronts the sol­diers with bay­o­nets, out­side the Pen­ta­gon dur­ing the 1967 anti-Vietnam march? This promi­nent image, which is said to help to turn pub­lic opin­ion against the war in Viet­nam, was taken by one of the most influ­en­tial pho­tog­ra­phers of our time, Marc Riboud. Marc Riboud, a cos­mopoli­tan French­man, had vis­ited exten­sively across the world and, in 1960 – 1963, vis­ited the Soviet Union. His pho­tos are very sim­ple yet thought pro­vok­ing, and in the course of events of the deceased coun­try, hold a very spe­cial mean­ing. The Soviet epoch is long gone, but the mem­o­ries are pre­served through his pho­tographs. Have a look.

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Moscow, 1960

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