This time we are traveling to Kiev, the capital of one of the most significant Soviet states - the Ukraine. Below you will find pictures from a book called "Amateur Photographers", published in Kiev in 1986.

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Meeting by L. Sidorsky

An Encounter. (L. Sidorsky).

In the Artek (famous Young Pioneer camp) by V. Narkyavichute

In the Artek (famous young pioneer summer camp) by V. Narkyavichute

You Get Half and I Get Half by A. Nesterenko

You Get Half and I Get Half (A. Nesterenko)

Son of the Earth by A. Bovkun

Son of the Earth (A. Bovkun)

First Time to Watch by a Sickbed by L. Popov

First Time to Watch by a Sickbed (L. Popov)

Future is Waiting by M. Polischuk

Future is Waiting by M. Polischuk

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

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