On the beach of the “Minsk Sea” (Zaslavskoye reservoir), 1973
Saturday night music: Charaunitsy - Ya Zhdu Tebya (Fulgeance Edit)Charaunitsy is a Soviet Belarus all-female band from the 1970sListen to the original of this song here (1979) 1970s belarus soviet ussr history photography vintage retro
Sputnik-inspired samovar with teapot (USSR, 1976) things 1970s design samovar soviet ussr russia history
Vintage ads. Lottery in Belarus with a motorcycle and a Moskvitch car as grand prizes (1970) (via) 1970s belarus soviet ussr history vintage retro
Drinking kvass from the barrel on the street (USSR, 1970s).In the summer, local bread factory made kvass and sold it from steel barrels around the city (barrels have a tap). This tradition is still alive in Russia, only barrels are sometimes smaller and made of plastic. Oh and they use single-use plastic cups now instead of glasses. 1970s summer soviet ussr russia history photography vintage retro
Beach volleyball in Jurmala, Latvia (1976) 1970s summer beach soviet ussr history photography vintage retro latvia
Gorizont TVs made in Belarus, advertising posters by A. Karchagin (1972-1974) (via) belarus 1970s soviet ussr history vintage retro
Pesnyary — She Was Getting Water (1978)Another gem I discovered in my box of random vintage records - “She Was Getting Water” by a famous Byelorussian band, Pesnyary (lit. Singers/Poets). It’s a rendition of Belarus folk song. belarus 1970s
Tiny TV made by the Monolith factory in Vitebsk, Belarus (1975) 1970s belarus soviet ussr russia history photography vintage retro