Soviet Life

Soldiers of the Soviet and Polish armies ensuring security for working people from all Warsaw Pact countries

5th session of the Supreme Council of the USSR

A Soviet peasant family sitting down to a quiet breakfast — 1955

Crowds of Soviet citizens flocked to the anniversary of the October Revolution to celebrate the event that led to the creation of the most equal society in history (photo from 1955)

The Soviet Union raised entire generations of smart, curious and cheerful children (photo from 1968)

Colonel Gagarin with a pigeon — 1965 (colorized photo)

construction of a ship at a shipyard on the Black Sea — date unknown

Comrade @nildrow joins the Soviet Live editorial team

Moscow street around the 1960s

Kolkhoz workers unpack sacks of wheat from a vehicle in a small Soviet town

While in the West women only served men, in the USSR they built socialism

Comrade Stalin casting his vote in the elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR — 1937