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Life in USSR showcases in photos the daily life of the Soviet people.
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I wish I had seen more of this kind of thing as a US Cold War kid.
Soviet Life magazine was what there was, on this topic, for the most part. I remember seeing it on newsstands in the 70's.
posted by thelonius at 9:33 AM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
I wish I had seen more of this kind of thing as a US Cold War kid.
Soviet Life magazine was what there was, on this topic, for the most part. I remember seeing it on newsstands in the 70's.
posted by thelonius at 9:33 AM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Life in post-USSR showcases in photos the daily life of the post-Soviet people.
posted by gman at 9:49 AM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by gman at 9:49 AM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
This reminds me of the Soviet Life magazines and the Radio Moscow shortwave broadcasts of my obviously misspent youth...
posted by jim in austin at 9:59 AM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by jim in austin at 9:59 AM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
I loved Radio Moscow! They had programs about Tuvan throat - singing and great other music!
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 11:11 AM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 11:11 AM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
I recently saved a large 60s/70s slide collection from the trash and it includes some great photos of daily life in the Soviet Union.
This is kinda better than the post, which suffers from an overabundance of twitter interface.
posted by Devils Rancher at 11:20 AM on June 30, 2015
This is kinda better than the post, which suffers from an overabundance of twitter interface.
posted by Devils Rancher at 11:20 AM on June 30, 2015
Always liked English Russia for contemporary and archival stuff.
We got so little info about USSR when I was growing up, during the cold war, as it was behind the "Iron Curtain". (Not sure now,who erected the Iron Curtain, Russia or western media?)
As a result any information about that period is fascinating to me.
With all the propaganda we received here from our press then, it was shocking for me to see that ordinary citizens of USSR had a life such as ours, maybe not as consumer driven , but a society with similar hopes and dreams and flaws nonetheless.
I was an adult , when I learned that USSR was our ally in WW2 , it was never mentioned in school or news, and that they lost more soldiers and citizens to cold and starvation then all allies combined. WW2 US Veterans were dumbfounded upon returning home to find out that the Soviet soldiers they were drinking with at the end of the war on the Russian front, were now their enemy. (Studs Terkel, The Good War)
posted by smudgedlens at 11:24 AM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
We got so little info about USSR when I was growing up, during the cold war, as it was behind the "Iron Curtain". (Not sure now,who erected the Iron Curtain, Russia or western media?)
As a result any information about that period is fascinating to me.
With all the propaganda we received here from our press then, it was shocking for me to see that ordinary citizens of USSR had a life such as ours, maybe not as consumer driven , but a society with similar hopes and dreams and flaws nonetheless.
I was an adult , when I learned that USSR was our ally in WW2 , it was never mentioned in school or news, and that they lost more soldiers and citizens to cold and starvation then all allies combined. WW2 US Veterans were dumbfounded upon returning home to find out that the Soviet soldiers they were drinking with at the end of the war on the Russian front, were now their enemy. (Studs Terkel, The Good War)
posted by smudgedlens at 11:24 AM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Love the photos, but viewing photos on Twitter is such a painfully constrained experience. Would love to know if there's a companion website or such because the content looks great.
posted by sektah at 11:38 AM on June 30, 2015
posted by sektah at 11:38 AM on June 30, 2015
I loved Radio Moscow! They had programs about Tuvan throat - singing and great other music! posted by Katjusa Roquette
I liked their happy little vignettes: Ivan and Olga return to their modern and comfortable apartment after a rewarding day advancing the goals of socialism. Even as a kid this stuff used to break me up. And everyone spoke in this studied and precise generic American accent. But even being exposed to their propaganda was more (dis)information about the Soviets than I could garner from our indigenous media. I sat there many, many evenings tuning in with my dad's war surplus ham receiver...
posted by jim in austin at 12:20 PM on June 30, 2015
I liked their happy little vignettes: Ivan and Olga return to their modern and comfortable apartment after a rewarding day advancing the goals of socialism. Even as a kid this stuff used to break me up. And everyone spoke in this studied and precise generic American accent. But even being exposed to their propaganda was more (dis)information about the Soviets than I could garner from our indigenous media. I sat there many, many evenings tuning in with my dad's war surplus ham receiver...
posted by jim in austin at 12:20 PM on June 30, 2015
Right; this is a project for Tumblr.
posted by persona au gratin at 12:21 PM on June 30, 2015
posted by persona au gratin at 12:21 PM on June 30, 2015
Night Witches! Wiki entry on the Nachthexen. Russian women kicking ass and scaring Germans.
posted by Zack_Replica at 12:33 PM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Zack_Replica at 12:33 PM on June 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
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