Moscow
These photographs date from 1982 when I visited the USSR for the first time, part of an Intourist group visiting Moscow over Christmas and the New Year. It was a surreal journey; the cold war had become distinctly colder with US president Reagan talking about “the evil empire” and a dying Andropov convinced that a nuclear strike was coming. On the street, most people were more concerned with finding enough vodka and food to enjoy an icy Christmas.
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Farm Workers sculpture by Vera Mukhina, 1937
Memories of Dr Zhivago (No 16 bus)
Lenin Mural
Soldier and family on a new year visit to the Exhibition of Achievements
Military lorry, central Moscow
Queuing to visit Lenin's tomb
Phone booth, Christmas eve
Red Square
Novokuznetskaya district
Bolshoi Theatre
Sokolniki Park
Trapeze shadows, Circus Nikulin
MOGES-1, Moscow's oldest power plant
Rush Hour, central Moscow
Changing of the Guard, Lenin's Tomb
Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy
Dancing in Red Square, New Year's Eve
Accordion player, Red Square
Russian SMZ S3A microcar
Christmas Eve, toy department, GUM store