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21+ Depressing Photos of Post-Revolutionary Russia by Arkady Shaikhet

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When the new Soviet coun­try was born, the peo­ple were promised a won­der­ful future under the social­ism — just a few more years, the bill­boards boasted — and we’ll live in a glo­ri­ous state. How­ever the early days were more than gloomy: the  run­down econ­omy, dis­ori­ented soci­ety, the reek of fear and uncer­tainty — and that clearly can be seen through the pho­tos of a promi­nent Soviet pho­tog­ra­pher Arkady Shaikhet.

This col­lec­tion of pho­tos starts off with nice, clearcut images of what the coun­try was por­trayed as by the media and pro­pa­ganda — and pro­gresses to a unsweet­ened world of the sim­ple folk, vagrants, and peas­ants. Please let us know if there is a photo below that has touched your heart — we always value your feedback.

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Gym­nasts. Red Square. 1924

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So! What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

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You will be quite a craftsman!

A Review of Occu­pa­tions in the Soviet Soci­ety: the high, the low and the marginal.

The Pro­fes­sional Ori­en­ta­tion in the USSR meant, first and fore­most, a process of advis­ing the youth on the future career choices. A group of teach­ers and fresh grad­u­ates of a col­lege would go to high schools to give talks to school kids in order to deliver the first hand infor­ma­tion on voca­tional choices. Every occu­pa­tion is regarded highly in the Soviet Union  — well, this slo­gan turned out to be quite untruth­ful. Please read on find out about the dif­fer­ences in social lad­der between the dif­fer­ent occu­pa­tional groups. The hier­ar­chy of labour was a prime ele­ment in social dis­crep­an­cies in this country.

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USSR, the Birthplace of Feminism

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From the very dawn of Soviet power and devel­op­ment,  due to a series of tragic events, women sig­nif­i­cantly out­num­bered men by about 20 mln. The Rev­o­lu­tion of 1917, first World War, Stalin’s polit­i­cal repres­sions, sec­ond World War, tough recov­ery peri­ods — all of this con­tributed to the num­ber of men steadily decreas­ing. Not only it affected the mar­riage mar­ket — it had a few more severe impli­ca­tions to the can­vas of the Soviet life altogether.

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Love is in the air.

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