Russian vintage

By the early 1970s, the Soviet Union was at the peak of its power. The Communist Party remained the sole political force in the Soviet Union...

Maley Syrus will be jealous.

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin with his wife, 1962. Gagarin married Valentina Goryacheva in 1957. He became the first man in space when he orbited the Earth aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961. Gagarin...

From the book 'The Soviet Soldier 1941-1945 by Phillip Rio. www.amazon.com/Soviet-Soldier-1941-1945-Philippe-Rio/dp/2... I highly suggest this book if you are interested in Red Army equipment,It's a treasure of information.

Photos: Arthur Elgort

24 Fascinating Photos of Amazing People Throughout History - Russian female soldier in circa 1944

vintage haunting beauty

American historian Douglas Smith who specializes in Soviet history discovered a collection of photographs and videos in the home of Martin Manhoff, a US diplomat who served in USSR, that he took in 1952—1954. According to Smith, after Manhoff’s wife died he was asked to check the home of a former official for valuable memorabilia. “I was amazed at what I discovered. There are thousand of color photographs taken on the streets of Moscow, Leningrad, Murmansk, Yalta, and at points along the…

A self-portait taken in a mirrow, showing the camera Leonid Andreyev used for his earliest stereoscopic photographs, 1903. Leonid Andreyev was the last great writer of pre-revolutionary Russia. He was also a pioneering photographer, working with the autochrome color process. Most of the photographs were taken by the Russian writer between 1910 and 1914of his family and friends. The pictures suggest the halcyon comforts of life at his estate on the Gulf of Finland and also abroad in Italy…