Soviet women of the 1960s (PHOTOS)

May 18 2020

Russia Beyond

Viktor Ruykovich/MAMM/MDF; Archive of Olga Martynova/russiainphoto.ru

Incredible smiles and flowery chintz dresses — see how Soviet women looked and dressed during the so-called Khrushchev Thaw.

In Leningrad (now St. Petersburg)

In Leningrad (now St. Petersburg)

Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF

Actress Alisa Freindlich

Actress Alisa Freindlich

Oleg Mertsedin/MAMM/MDF

Portrait of a woman

Portrait of a woman

Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF

Three women in the park

Three women in the park

Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF

Ballerina Eleonora Vlasova

Ballerina Eleonora Vlasova

Maya Okushko/MAMM/MDF

Woman with bouquet

Woman with bouquet

Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF

Among the birches

Among the birches

Alexander Terentyev/Archive of Alina Bashmakova

First Spidola radio

First Spidola radio

Viktor Ruykovich/MAMM/MDF

Children on Red Square

Children on Red Square

Nikolai Palamodov / Archive of Vera Trandina

Celebrating a birthday in the workshop

Celebrating a birthday in the workshop

Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF

Wedding

Wedding

Oleg Knorring, Yuri Krivonosov/MAMM/MDF

A lady with umbrella

A lady with umbrella

Archive of Olga Martynova/russiainphoto.ru

Models posing

Models posing

Evgeny Umnov/MAMM/MDF

At the market

At the market

Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF

Untitled

Untitled

Valentin Khukhlaev/Archive of Valentin Khukhlaev

Flight attendants

Flight attendants

Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF

Woman bricklayer

Woman bricklayer

Vsevolod Tarasevich/MAMM/MDF

Yulia Borisova, actress of the Vakhtangov State Academic Theater (from the archive of Ogonyok magazine)

Yulia Borisova, actress of the Vakhtangov State Academic Theater (from the archive of Ogonyok magazine)

Actress Viktoria Fedorova

Actress Viktoria Fedorova

Viktor Ruykovich/MAMM/MDF

Advertisement for a Moskvitch-408 car

Advertisement for a Moskvitch-408 car

Yuri Levyant/MAMM/MDF

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