Mid-Century Soviet Photos

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From the archives of ITAR-TASS come these photos of the Soviet Union in the middle of the last century.

"The Sketches of Industry", V. Koshevoy, 1962
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"The antenna of the television center in Moscow", V. Gende-Rothe, L. Porter, 1960

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"The construction of a plant", B. Klipinitser, 1961

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"Steel balls", V. Hulayev, 1962

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"Large-scale chemistry", M. Redkin, 1961

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Finally a cityscape to provide a break from all the industrials
"The city on piles. Oil rocks", Y. Rakhil, 1974

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(from prophotos-ru via EnglishRussia, the source of the translations. Note that EnglishRussia is NSFW, unless you have ad-blockers enabled)

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