People reading in the metro (Moscow, 1972)
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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In the metro. Moscow, 1970s.
People reading in the metro. Photo by Igor Gavrilov (Moscow, 1970).
Taras Shevchenko embankment and the Metro Bridge in Moscow. Photo by V. Yegorov (1970s)
Dzerzhinskaya Metro Station (Lubyanka) in Moscow (1970s)
On a metro escalator. Moscow, 1970s.
Lenin Hills metro station in Moscow (1970s) (via)
Passengers reading newspapers in Moscow metro, photo by Gennady Chesnokov (1969)
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.
Komsomolskaya metro station in Moscow, 1973-75
“He lost.” Photo by Dmitry Donskoy (1989).