Color Photos of Stalin-Era Soviet Union Taken by a US Diplomat
Cider9986
15 points
2 comments
June 14, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
bediger4000
Interesting article. Not a whole lot of crowing about US free society, and negative comparisons, I presume because of the US trending towards secret police and currently having a favorable view of Russia.
aix1
As someone who grew up in the Soviet Union (during a later period), I found it really interesting to look at this photographs. One thing worth pointing out: Moscow was very different from the rest of the country. It had better housing and infrastructure, the shops were stocked far better than elsewhere in the country, it had more grandiose architecture and richer cultural life and so on. In many is ways it was the country's showcase city.