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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