Robert Capa in the USSR, 1947. A bombed out monastery in Kiev.
More shots here.
https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/travel/robert-capa-russian-journal/
Photos from the "old days"
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Robert Capa in the USSR, 1947. A bombed out monastery in Kiev.
More shots here.
https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/travel/robert-capa-russian-journal/
A fairly typical grocery store shelf from the 1970's - canned goods, canned goods and more canned goods.
Top shelf, from the left - bottled Kefir (buttermilk), cream cheese Soviet style, milk in the pyramid shaped paper packets that often leaked.
Bottom shelf - stewed meat (of an unknown origin, though it says beef) in a can, condensed milk (of an unknown origin, probably from a cow) in a can, sardines (of an unknown origin, probably from the Baltic Sea) in a can. Canned goods were popular because it was easier to track the inventory and their expiration date. Fresh meat, poultry aside, was more rare. Beef steaks were non-existent. In the 1980's, most fresh meat disappeared from the store shelves altogether.
Top shelf, from the left - bottled Kefir (buttermilk), cream cheese Soviet style, milk in the pyramid shaped paper packets that often leaked.
Bottom shelf - stewed meat (of an unknown origin, though it says beef) in a can, condensed milk (of an unknown origin, probably from a cow) in a can, sardines (of an unknown origin, probably from the Baltic Sea) in a can. Canned goods were popular because it was easier to track the inventory and their expiration date. Fresh meat, poultry aside, was more rare. Beef steaks were non-existent. In the 1980's, most fresh meat disappeared from the store shelves altogether.
Goalkeeper Alexei "Tiger" Khomich dives for the ball against Cardiff City, Cardiff, Wales, 1945. This was a match held by the British during a tour of the reinforced Dinamo Moscow team. To keep things secret, one of the conditions requested by the Soviets was that they'd be allowed to play without numbers on their jerseys.
At 5'9", Khomich was short for a goalkeeper but was a terrific jumper and had very long arms. His career at Dinamo Moscow didn't last long. In 1952, he was replaced by Lev Yashin, whom many consider the greatest GK of all time. Post career, Khomich turned to sports photography.
If anyone saw WWII German reels with the reconnaissance platoons on bikes with sidecars, he'd find this a familiar site. Sans the Feldgrau color. The Soviets simply copied the WWII era BMW-R12 and kept producing it for many years virtually unchanged.
The bike w/sidecar cost 471r to manufacture and was sold for 1,250r to the locals. The same bike (more or less) is still in production and is mostly sold globally.
The bike w/sidecar cost 471r to manufacture and was sold for 1,250r to the locals. The same bike (more or less) is still in production and is mostly sold globally.
An-2 was a Soviet short-take-off-and-landing 12-seat aircraft, nicknamed "kukuruznik" (corn duster). It was mostly used on short routes, at airfields without a concrete runway. It flew about 2.5 miles in the air and experienced quite a bit of turbulence. The one above is painted green, not dissimilar to how I looked after taking a trip in it at the age of five.
We left the Soviet Union 42 years ago today. The second half of 1978 and the first half of 1979 were peak years - technically speaking, 1979 let the way with 51,000 immigrants - due to the signing of the 1974 Jackson - Vanik amendment to the Favorite Trade Nation status and the upcoming 1980 Olympics. After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the global tensions increased and the Soviets declared that "everyone who had wanted to leave has already left". That policy stayed in effect until perestroika, when the immigration picked up again in 1988 and then reached a high of 250,000 in 1989, where practically all limits on Jewish immigration were removed.
This is a photo from Kishinev's train station, probably from the late 1980's, where friends and family came to say what for many turned to be the final farewell to those departing.
This is a photo from Kishinev's train station, probably from the late 1980's, where friends and family came to say what for many turned to be the final farewell to those departing.
Gord.T
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Thanks DLD. The R12 my brother has had, maybe still does, for decades. I'm not sure actually. He rode it mainly because it was the only bike he had that never broke down, hahaha. I wish he would chat in here more often. Man, he knows his bikes and has several restored antiques. Yeah, Ian is very good restoring bikes and has ridden all over the U.S, Britian and, cough, Canada ofcourse. I'll ask my bro about the R12. I do know that the tank paint job faded out in the first year, had it restored and all good. You'll have to talk to him. -Gord. -Hi.
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