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    Photos from the "old days"

    Julien Galeotti was a French spy. Unless he wasn't. He was taking snapshots of different cities across the USSR and expelled for "distorting the Soviet reality". Одесса и Севастополь на фото «иностранного шпиона» 1963 г. (livejournal.com)
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    Photos from the "old days"

    A mobile phone, Soviet style. (probably 1980's) 336767921_3511148252538386_4424981703290059300_n.j pg (720×1080) (fbcdn.net)
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    Photos from the "old days"

    You can ring my bell, ring my bell. A communal apartment's front door. You can visit Jim or you van visit Pam. Or Mike or Jerry. https://ash.harvard.edu/50-years-later-legacy-paris-peace-accords-isn%E2%80%99t-one-peace
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    Mohammad Ali was in the USSR in 1978. He was shown the pride of the USSR, Moscow subway system. His verdict, "Look at these faces. It's as if these people are headed to the electric chair". (the photo doesn't look as if it was taken in 1978 .. likely 1950's)...
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    Photos from the "old days"

    Not enough dirt, you say? Not enough mud? 335942589_237372098679158_3267968039768195067_n.jp g (960×639) (fbcdn.net)
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    Photos from the "old days"

    Keep your motor running. Head out on a highway. 335872786_746692723728575_7912940518411168015_n.jp g (604×455) (fbcdn.net)
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    Photos from the "old days"

    The Electro Destroyer. Coming to a Soviet theater near you (I am not sure if it's real or a fake) 329046760_3496496973959237_8157467132189724256_n.j pg (510×653) (fbcdn.net)
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    Photos from the "old days"

    A scanned newspaper page from the perestroika era of 1987 (albeit first year). It's a list of meat and egg consumption per capita between different countries -- socialist USSR, Bulgaria, Hungary, GDR (aka East Germany), Poland and Czechoslovakia, capitalist - USA, UK, France, FRG (aka West...
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    Photos from the "old days"

    Vilnius, Lithuania, 1976. A classy place for classy legs ... if your don't count mud. 330465769_531238619147599_4629262991781352596_n.jp g (1280×1273) (fbcdn.net)
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    Photos from the "old days"

    March 8, 1976. Moscow.. The International Women's Day. An open air market, with the farmers from the North Caucuses selling flowers. Their hats are a giveaway to their origin. These private markets were controlled by the police and the organized crime groups. If someone wanted to open a stand...
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    Paul Wolff (1887-1951)

    Horst. P Horst, the giant of fashion photography. https://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Horst-P--Horst-fashion-photography-59018_1329_1791.jpg https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0tpoe9pwTg/UoabaurbkUI/AAAAAAAALVc/6SHLKiKWi_c/s1600/Horst_P_Horst_03.jpg...
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    Photos from the "old days"

    Lunchtime in the USSR. 333338016_1179118975956512_2110549237605030983_n.j pg (688×554) (fbcdn.net)
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    Great newspaper photos

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    Great newspaper photos

    I was looking for a similar shot ... but this is good too ... https://e3.365dm.com/22/04/768x432/skynews-ukraine-russia-borodyanka_5730197.jpg?20220406040148
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    Great newspaper photos

    A train station on the border of Ukraine and Poland, March 19, 2022 https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/_tE6iZmLni5jJh9GFVI.HQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYyODtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/la_times_articles_853/1deb20388a34938ccde206e0b962ab83
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    Great newspaper photos

    Irpin, Ukraine, March 4, 2022 https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/dF...be4fa880ad3729
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    Photos from the "old days"

    Vasily the Brilliant.(1916-1985). The made man of all made men. The Godfather of all godfathers. A master pickpocket Rumored to have killed three rivals in one day in jail. https://biographe.ru/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/234423243.png
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    Rust

    That's the key. She will likely claim that someone else brought the live rounds to the set. And Baldwin will be played by the AI.
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    Photos from the "old days"

    Victor Belenko was a Soviet Air Force pilot, who defected to Japan in 1976. His escape was meticulously planned. As his fighter squadron got up in the air, he told the commander that he was having engine problems and had to return to base. He then dove closer to the ground before turning on the...
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    Photos from the "old days"

    A perfect companion to the above shot is a 1972 comedy "Ivan the Terrible's new gig" (my title translation) about time travel, with Ivan traveling to the modern Soviet Union and his look-alike going the other way. In the film, a brilliant engineer builds - or dreams about building - time...
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