A small col­lec­tion of pho­tos from two pho­tog­ra­phy books pub­lished in the 1980s in the USSR. All pho­tographs from this set are by ama­teur photo artists from the republics of Ukraine (Ama­teur Pho­tog­ra­phy, 1986) and Moldovia (Mol­da­vian Artis­tic Pho­tog­ra­phy, 1985). Please remem­ber to click on the mag­ni­fy­ing glass icon to see the full-size image.

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No doubt pho­tog­ra­phy was a pop­u­lar art in the USSR. Here and below are pic­tures taken by the peo­ple all over the Soviet state of Mol­davia. Today’s set based on the book called “Mol­da­vian Art of pho­tog­ra­phy”, Kishinev (recently renamed to Chisinau), 1985.
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Since 1956 the enor­mous ter­ri­tory of the Soviet Union con­sisted of fif­teen union republics  —  the large admin­is­tra­tive and polit­i­cal units  —  offi­cially known as Soviet republics.  By far the largest and most impor­tant of the union republics was the Russ­ian Repub­lic, con­tain­ing about 51 per­cent of the pop­u­la­tion. Pri­mar­ily because it encom­passed Siberia, the Russ­ian Repub­lic alone accounts […]

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