A pier in Matsesta in the Khosta District of Sochi city on the Black Sea coast. The building was completed in 1936 to a design by architect S. I. Voropayev.24.08.1971#6315222
Hotel Ashkhabad in Ashkhabad, the capital of the Turkmen SSR. It as built in 1967 to a design by architects A. R. Akhmedov, B. A. Shpak, V. N. Vysotin and V. G. Kutumov.02.10.1969#6664775
A show of the 1969 fall-winter outdoor clothes collection. In-between-season overcoats made of calf fur.07.09.1969#6397809
A show of the 1969 fall-winter outdoor clothes collection. A men's in-between-season overcoat made of calf fur.07.09.1969#6397807
A show of the 1969 fall-winter outdoor clothes collection. A men's jacket made of calf fur and decorated with leather.07.09.1969#6397805
Tatar ASSR. The building of Kazan State University named after V.I. Ulyanov-Lenin (currently Kazan/Volga Federal University). Founded in 1804, Kazan State University is among Russia's oldest universities. The construction of the university buildings began in 1822 after a design project by architect P.G. Pyatnitsky.03.09.1969#6665213
The Secretariat of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (today's Moscow Government) on Kalinin Avenue, Moscow, designed by architects Mikhail Posokhin, Ashot Mndoyants and Vladimir Svirsky.01.09.1969#5880368
The 2nd Spartakiade of Friendly Armies at the Central Stadium, now the National Olympic Sports Complex, in Kiev. Photo: Soviet athlete and swimmer Yury Suzdaltsev, Master of Sports International Class, wins the 200-meter butterfly swimming event.03.08.1969#6212425
Frunze city, now Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz SSR. Photo: The building of the Polytechnic School.25.07.1969#6659503
The Turkmen SSR. The building of the Mollanepes Academic Drama Theater in Ashkhabad was completed in 1958 to a design by architect A. V. Tarasenko.02.07.1969#6664772
Ukrainian SSR. A delegation of Czechoslovak youth organizations at Odessa's embankment.02.07.1969#5686012
Estonian SSR. The entrance to the former Scheel Bank on Suur-Karja Street in Tallinn. The Gothic medieval stone portal of 1498 and a carved oak door in the baroque style, 1886, was taken from the facade of a house on Vana-Tur Square.01.07.1969#6158056
Chambers of Uglich princes, 1480s. The building includes the exposition of the State Historical, Architectural and Arts Museum.28.06.1969#5830699
Komsomolskaya station of the Moscow Metro's Circle Line. Architects Alexei Shchusev, Viktor Kokorin and Alisa Zabolotnaya. Mosaic panel Lenin Addresses Red Guards by artist Pavel Korin.14.06.1969#6164790
A Russian language seminar at Dyuny holiday hotel near Leningrad. Photo: Seminar participants and their instructor.13.06.1969#6163801
Students of Kirov Ural State Technical Institute, now Ural State Technical University.03.06.1969#6152667
Irena Andreyeva, art expert at All-Union Institute of Light Industry Assortment and Clothing Culture (VIALegprom).01.04.1969#6216726
Works by ceramic artist Pyotr Leonov, chief artist of the Dulyovo Pocelain Factory. A vodka set.04.02.1969#6153390
Works by ceramic artist Pyotr Leonov, chief artist of the Dulyovo Pocelain Factory. Moscow shtof-bottles, 1967.04.02.1969#6153387
Kavgolovo ski resort. A student of the Peter Lesgaft State Institute of Physical Fitness and Education, during a ski trip.01.02.1969#6149201
Comprehensive school named after Vladimir Lenin in Gorki Leninskiye village in the Moscow Region. A lesson is in process.01.02.1969#2993322
Goods from the Belka (Squirrel) Fur Factory. Photo: A groundhog coat trimmed with fox fur.15.01.1969#6636753
Young audience during a circus performance marking the 50th anniversary of the Soviet circus, at the Manezh Exhibition Center.01.01.1969#5940310
National Leather Haberdashery Research Institute of the Soviet consumer industry. The institute develops new types of haberdashery articles and accessories; introduces rational methods of cutting materials, monitors the production of new materials and works on haberdashery flow lines. A new collection of handbags.01.01.1969#2783347
Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi pays an official visit to the Soviet Union. Photo: Empress Farah Pahlavi, the Shah's wife, takes a short break in between official events.27.10.1968#5929509
Georgian SSR. Tbilisi school students, members of the international club of the Tbilisi Palace of Pioneers and School Students.03.10.1968#5902204
Alma-Ata in the Kazakh SSR. Photo: Members of the Bulantayev family take a walk on a weekend.29.09.1968#5932413
The pop band "Druzhba", artistic director Alexander Bronevitsky. Lead singer Edita Piekha.01.08.1968#2886570
Edita Piekha, lead singer of the pop band Druzhba (artistic director Alexander Bronevitsky).01.08.1968#2882198
Pitsunda climate spa on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus in Abkhazia. Embankment in Pitsunda.01.08.1968#2784441
Pitsunda climate spa on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus in Abkhazia. Vacationers.01.08.1968#2784439
The city of Kuybyshev, now Samara. Kirov Cultural Center on Kirov Square, now Center of Culture and Leisure, built upon the project by architect A. Tarasov in 1961.29.07.1968#6149310
Chapayev Square in Kuybyshev, now Samara. Foreground right: the monument to Vasily Chapayev, sculpted by Matvey Manizer in 1932. Background: Gorky Kuybyshev Regional Drama Theater, now Gorky Samara Academic Drama Theater, built by architect Mikhail Chichagov in 1888.29.07.1968#6149306
Estonian SSR. Elvi Tilts, student of the Philology Department at the University of Tartu.11.07.1968#6102680
The Kaluga Drama Theater, now the Kaluga Regional Drama Theater, is one of the oldest national drama theaters. It was founded in 1777. The theater's current building was completed in 1958 to a Classicism design by architects I. V. Zholtovsky, G. V. Napreyenko and A. P. Maximov.08.07.1968#6067479
View of Tbilisi, the capital of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Front: Russian Orthodox Church of John the Apostle (late 19th-early 20th century) in the Vera district, near the Andrew the Apostle Monastery.06.07.1968#6065483
United States of America. The US Congress building on the Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.29.06.1968#5932644
The Ryazan Kremlin Open-Air Historical-Architectural Museum-Reserve. Foreground: Dormition Cathedral, built to a design by serf architect Yakov Bukhvostov in 1693-1699. Right: Nativity of Christ Cathedral dating to the 15th-19th centuries. Background: The 17th-18th century Oleg Palace.29.06.1968#5932634
The Neftyaniye Kamni (Oil Rocks) town for oil workers in the Azerbaijani SSR. The town stands on metal pylons in the open sea, and its streets are made of sturdy planks.28.06.1968#5931531