Moscow, February 4, 1990. The most massive protest in the history of the Soviet Union. 300 thousand people marched from the Crimean Bridge along the Garden Ring and Gorky Street (now Tverskaya) to the 50th Anniversary of October Square (Manezhnaya). The main demand of the protesters was to abolish Article 6 of the USSR Constitution that declared the leading role of the Communist Party.
Soviet Union in the early 1950s (Yalta, Moscow) (via)
Two flags: Soviet and Russian. Moscow, 8 November 1991.
August 9 is Tove Jansson’s birthday! The first photo here is the first of her books ever published in the Soviet Union (Moomins and the Comet Chase). The second photo shows all of her books published in the USSR. Most of her works were published in 1991-1992 - after the Soviet era.
You can find a comprehensive list of all Jansson’s book published in Russian here.
Central Telegraph in Moscow decorated for the 50th Anniversary of the Soviet Union (1972)
Soviet Union State Library in Moscow. Banners announce the International Philatelic Exhibition - July 1957 ()
Elton John in the Soviet Union (May 1979) (via)
Bonus: Elton John: To Russia With Elton (Full DVD)
“Long Live Moscow” - poster by Viktor Ivanov (1947)
The poster reads, top to bottom, “Ancient Moscow”, “Pre-revolution Moscow”, “Soviet Moscow.”
Soviet Union of the 1960s - photography by Vsevolod Tarasevich. We will be visiting his exhibition on March 10! (info)
If you’re in Belgium, you must check this out. The Moscow Design Museum and the ADAM (Brussels Design Museum) present: Soviet Design. Red Wealth, the first of its kind retrospective showcase bringing together daily objects and graphics designed in the USSR in the past century.
Open until 21.05.2018. Info: http://adamuseum.be/expositions-soviet-design-red-wealth/
Now wouldn’t it be great to do a meet-up in Brussels! I wish, I wish :)
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)