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A bearded man on an unidentified street, wearing what appears to be a medal. 1958.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Dancers in a Russian ballet. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Though the Soviet Union and the United States were foes in the Cold War, photos like these show that life in the two countries could be very similar.
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A church with traditional spires and an overgrown lawn. Soviet policy embraced state atheism. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Soviet schoolchildren in class. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A group of children photographed in 1958, possibly aboard a river ship.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Children in Almaty (in present-day Kazakhstan) lined up for a presentation. 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A child selling food. The Soviet economy faltered in the 1960s and 1970s, and as political elites grew wealthy, many regular Soviet citizens struggled with a scarcity of goods.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Construction in the Soviet Union. After World War II, there was a housing shortage in places like Moscow, which resulted in the rapid construction of public housing blocks.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A Soviet couple speaking while in their bathing suits. 1975.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Palace Square in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), adorned with the faces of Soviet leaders.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A girl jumping during a track and field competition in Almaty (present-day Kazakhstan). 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A grandmother minding two children. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Horses and carriages on a Soviet street. Though there were about 100 million cars in America by the 1970s, there were just about five million in the Soviet Union. U.S.S.R. citizens often had to wait years, sometimes a full decade, to get a vehicle. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Soviet youths lounging by the water.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Inside a Soviet shop. The Soviet economy started to falter in the 1960s and 1970s, which led Mikhail Gorbachev to attempt to introduce a hybrid communist-capitalist system (under a policy called perestroika) in the 1980s.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A photo of babies in the Soviet Union. 1958. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A man wearing traditional clothing, possibly in present-day Kazakhstan. 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A public bathroom in the Soviet Union, with signs in both Russian and English.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Boys buying food. The sign reads in part: “Available for Sale.” Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A man walking down the street, possibly in Tashkent (in present-day Uzbekistan). 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A man selling green powder. 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A man testing his physical strength in Tashkent. 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Men playing chess and drinking tea in Tashkent.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Men gathered in Tashkent. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A mosque in Central Asia. Islam was the second-largest religion in the U.S.S.R.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Mothers in brightly-patterned skirts with their children in Central Asia in 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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People at a market in Central Asia. 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A woman selling bread.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Soviet citizens riding in the back of a truck.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Two people have a discussion on a sunny day in the Soviet Union. The women in the foreground have hairstyles that would not be out of place among Americans in the 1960s.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A woman in uniform oversees a fancy buffet. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Two people look at a picture of Joseph Stalin at the Narvskaya station of the Leningrad metro (in present-day St. Petersburg). Stalin died in 1953, and his brutal policies killed at least nine million people during his three decades in power.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A church in Central Asia. 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A Soviet family eating, perhaps in a cafeteria. 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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People buying meat at a market. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A kiosk that appears to be selling beer and vodka to customers on the street. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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People outside of a hotel. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Sunbathers and swimmers enjoying a sunny day.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A crowd walks on a busy city street. American photographer and professor Thomas T. Hammond spent a great deal of time in Moscow, which he described as “clean and shabby; magnificent and dowdy; exhilarating and depressing; dynamic and stagnant; planned and chaotic; revolutionary and conservative.”Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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People walking past a poster.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A Soviet wedding party.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A Soviet shepherd and his dog guide some sheep down a road.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Women buying pastries. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Some shoes in a shop window. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A Soviet family outside of their simple home.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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People selling produce out of crates.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A group of men sitting outdoors in Tashkent. 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Women wearing headscarves. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A truck and a car parked outside of a building.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A young Soviet woman.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A Soviet parade marching down a street.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A woman selling hats. 1964.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Women gathering water.Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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A young Soviet woman with bangs, looking not unlike American women of the same era. Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) – University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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