Installation of a mosaic inside Kievskaya metro station in Moscow. 1953 © Valentin Khukhlayev/

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Argun, Chechnya. 2017 © Kirill Kudryavtsev

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A man is having a rest after winter swimming while children in the background are playing with paper ships. Chelyabinsk Region. © Viktor Sosunov

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The town of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region. 2015 © Steve McCurry

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Leningrad. 1987 © Ferdinando Scianna

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A wedding registration. Bratsk. 1967. © Elliott Erwitt

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Torgim, an Ingush village in the Assi valley that was thriving in the 16th and 17th centuries. © Alexander Polyakov

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At the Nashestvie 2012 fest. "Korol i Shut" fans © Vladimir Astapkovich

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Flight attendant Elena Ivantsova loading sea buckthorn seedlings into the cargo compartment of a passenger airliner. Barnaul. 1991 © Viktor Sadchikov

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The first All-Union competition of flight attendants. The winner of the contest Ekaterina Kuznetsova performs. 1972. © Lev Polikashin

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Moscow Vnukovo Airport. Aeroflot stewardess after a flight. 1961. © Georgy Petrusov

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Leaders of the Communist Party of Russia bear the casket of Leonid Brezhnev, former Communist Party leader, in front of the Tomb of Lenin in Red Square during the funeral procession. Moscow. 1982 © Bettman

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Maslenitsa in Moscow. 2025 © Stanislav Krasilnikov

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A girl with a dog. Penza Region. 1985. © Rustam Mukhametzyanov

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A woman stands on the rooftop of the Moskvich building. © Artyom Zhitenev

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At a Soviet factory in Cheboksary © Rudolph Alfimov

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A housewarming party in Moscow's Orekhovo-Borisovo district. © Yuri Abramochkin

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A birthday party of future Russian movie director Egor Konchalovsky. 1972. © Viktor Ruykovich

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Spring in Moscow. 1959 © Vadim Kruglikov

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A girl at the shopfront of a Moscow department store ‘Detsky mir’ (‘Children’s World’) © Galina Kiseleva

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Baltic Fleet sailors talk to a girl named Lyusya. She and other children are being evacuated from a besieged city. © Boris Kudoyarov

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A boy collects apples in the north of Kazakhstan. 1965 © Yuri Abramochkin

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The birth of a ballerina. 1965 © Yuri Abramochkin

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A short snack break and school news. The construction of the ‘Rossiya’ hotel. 1965 © Yuri Abramochkin

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The traditional Caucasian dance Lezginka performed by Makhmud Esambaev, one of the region’s most celebrated dancers. 1971 © Yuri Abramochkin

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President Mikhail Gorbachev during the second session of the Russian Communist Party congress. Moscow. 1990 © AP

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Bartender of Gambrinus bar. 1967 © Svet

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An empty Red Square. Moscow. 2020 © Arsen Revazov

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Writer Chingiz Aitmatov. 1972 © Oleg Porokhovnikov

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Women on the streets of Kazan. 1981 © Boris Kaufman

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