1967. Despite of looking like a Ministry of Truth propaganda department, actually this is a typical bookshop of those days. Modern bookshops look similar to others in the world, full of different books of all sorts and styles, but back in the Soviet times only portraits of Lenin and the members of the government were displayed.
Inside the Bookshop
1980. The exterior of a famous bookshop of Health Sciences literature (Rus; “Vedmedik”). To the left from the entry there is a blue vending machine with soda. In the USSR such outdoor vending machines were very widespread (the drinking glasses for soda were of multiple use) .
Exterior of the Bookshop
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