History of the USSR in retro photo of 1959

Photo selection of the village life of a Russian man of the XX century

And it's great, instead of the photoshopped bitches, sullenly looking at you from glossy pages or bristly macho of undefined orientation, look at the simple human faces of the same age as our fathers and grandfathers

Fly in the ointment in the Vatican museums: photo ban and dirty statues in spite of $ 90 million in profits

While visiting the Vatican museums, which are really worthy and interesting, I noticed several negative points, some of which even took me by surprise. Somehow I didn't expect this, at least from the Vatican. And in the famous Sistine Chapel, it was not at all very comfortable for me to be, even a little unpleasant. But the frescoes of the legendary Michelangelo are not to blame. In general, a significant fly in the ointment turned out to be in a barrel of honey called the Vatican. Let's talk about this

They were preparing for the New Year in the USSR in the summer. Photo collection

For a Soviet person, this was a special, most long-awaited holiday. They began to prepare for it in the summer

The best photo selection of a carefree childhood in the USSR

Many did not find such a state - the USSR, and such a country - the Soviet Union. But everyone who does find it will be useful to digitize their own photo archive of those years so that it can be shown to descendants. In the meantime, let's look at Soviet childhood through the eyes of other photographers

NATO Policy Brief on Education in the USSR, 1959

Report to the NATO Science Committee on the topic "Scientific and technical education and personnel reserves in the USSR". 1959 year