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Moscow Winters, Fragments of the 20th Century.

eugenia — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:34:00 +0000

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.

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

1991. Swimming pool “Moscow”, no longer exists.

1968. “Fili” stadium, the opening of Winter Olympics between the dwellers of the nearby apartment blocks

1947. Moscow central.

1960. Rozhdestvensky Boulevard.

1960. The Red Square skiing

1960. The Sverdlov Square.

Late 1940s. Leningradsky Road

1059. A kiosk not far from “Borovitskaya” Metropolitan station.

Mid1950s. Kolomenskoe.

1959. The Kremlin Embankment.

1959. The Sokolniki Park

1959. Gogol Boulevard.

Late 1930s. The very first set of traffic lights in Moscow central.

Late 1940s. Dorogomilovo

1959. The Arbat Square.

1959. A food market, next to the “Dairy” pavillion

1959. Next to National Hotel

1962. Ice hockey match on the Novodevichy Pond.

Close to 1920. The Red Square.

1976. Phys Ed lesson, Mt Poklonnaya

1959. Next to Metropole Hotel.

1959. Next to Metropole Hotel

Late 1950s. The contrasts of Koutuzovsky Street.

1959. Bersenevsky Embankment.

1959. Manezh.

1959. Moscow State University

1959. Yaroslavsky Railway Station.

1957. Petrovka Street

1959. Chistye Prudy Boulevard.

1959. Vasilievsky Slope.

1990. Varvarka Street

These images courtesy of Carl Mydans, Edward Clark, Marc Riboud, Thomas D. Mcavoy. As always, please click on the magnifying icon to see the images in detail. Follow us on twitter and stay tuned. Thanks a bunch!

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

Stas Kulesh — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:59:05 +0000

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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Museum, Moscow, 1960s

Moscow, 1960s

Tasty and Healthy Ice Cream, Moscow, 1960s

Olympic Games in Moscow, 1980

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Photos of Moscow and Surroundings by Marc Riboud, 1960s

eugenia — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:41:58 +0000

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

Moscow 1967. The military parade on the Red Square, young soldiers.

Moscow 1960. The queue at the Lenin Mausoleum, Red Square.Back then, it also hosted Stalin’s body and was known as Lenin and Stalin Mausoleum.

Moscow 1960. Winter Blizzard.

Moscow, 1960. The snow workers on the Red Square.

The parade for the 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 1967.

The 50th anniversary parade, a face in the crowd.

Another Red Square parade, this time with rockets.

Winter portraiture.

Moscow, 1960s

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Photos of Moscow and Surroundings by Marc Riboud, 1960s

Stas Kulesh — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:07:31 +0000

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.

Moscow, 1960

This is the first series of Marc’s photographs in our blog, please let us know how you like it. The photos above are all from the winter 1960, more summer times to come. If you would like to clarify what is on the photos — do not hesitate to question. Click on the magnifying glass icon for a more detailed view of the full sized images. Please retweet and stay tuned.

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