Picturing the Soviet Republics: Moldavia

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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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Por­trait of a Worker by M. Potyrnike

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Opti­mist by V. Gaydash

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Eyes by V. Bozhenko

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Vet­er­ans by A. Simanovsky

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Summer-83 by A. Gomonuk

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Kick­back by A. Grinko

Many thanks to a Russ­ian pho­tog­ra­pher Liubov Sautina for keep­ing these fas­ci­nat­ing pic­tures. Please visit her Flickr page.

If you would like to clar­ify what is on the pho­tos  —  do not hes­i­tate to question.


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