Soviet life in photos 1981

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Soviet life in photos 1981

It seemed to me that I do not remember 1981, much worse than the 1979 th or 1980 th. There were no highlights, for which one could "catch". But look these pictures and images, impressions of that time began to rise, to emerge from the depths of his memory.

Overall, in 1981 - is the apogee of "stagnation", the last stage of ossification of the Soviet political system. Total "baby" memory of the early 1980s - and the cold grayness. But there was one bright spot, which warmed everything - a holiday "in the south", that is, on the Black Sea coast. In the early 1980s there went millions of Soviet citizens. Most of them was getting the trains.

Further images from the photo essay in 1981 by Peter Marlow (Magnum agency):

Soviet life in photos 1981

December 19 Leonid Ilyich was awarded the fourth star of the Hero of the Soviet Union.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Resting on the train at the Sochi railway station.

Soviet life in photos 1981

The Pioneers at Sochi station.

Soviet life in photos 1981

The Odessa beach.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Boat trips. Sochi.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Excursions in open buses. Sochi.

Soviet life in photos 1981

A game of chess and checkers on the seafront in Sochi.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Show in Sochi "nightclub".

Soviet life in photos 1981

Primorsky Boulevard in Sochi.

Soviet life in photos 1981

The room of distorting mirrors in Sochi.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Slots and shooting. Sochi.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Street tray with ice cream. Sochi.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Bochkova brew.

Soviet life in photos 1981

The Lesson "Disco" in the pioneer camp "Red Flag" near Odessa.

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Veteran talks about war children in the pioneer camp "Red Flag" near Odessa.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Clothing store in Odessa.

Soviet life in photos 1981

On the Belarus railway station in Moscow.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Kharkiv

Soviet life in photos 1981

Kiev Khreshchatyk.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Dzerzhinsky Square. Lubyanka.

Soviet life in photos 1981

The Moscow street.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Odessa on a rainy day.

Soviet life in photos 1981

foreign attraction at ENEA in Moscow.

Soviet life in photos 1981

The people resting after sulfur baths at Matsesta.

Soviet life in photos 1981

On the bench in Riga.

Soviet life in photos 1981

oxygen treatment in a sanatorium near Riga.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Yakutsk.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Children's Clinic in Novorossiysk.

Soviet life in photos 1981

Sofia's Square in Kyiv.

Soviet life in photos 1981

The queue for Pepsi-Cola.

Soviet life in photos 1981

A member of the Riga hunting club.