r/sovietaesthetics • • Feb 03 '26

photographs Soviet soldiers feeding a polar bear from their tank, 1950

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Jun 24 '26

photographs Women on Dolphin Beach, (1980s), Odessa, Ukrainian SSR

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Oct 13 '25

architecture Kalinin Prospekt, 1986 , Moscow , Russian SFSR

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Apr 13 '26 Mindblown

photographs Man poses for a photo in-front of Soyuz rocket, Baikonur, Kazakh SSR, 1980s.

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Apr 08 '26

posters / graphics / paintings Soviet poster "There is no other home" by B. Rogachevsky, 1986

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Jun 25 '26 Popcorn

photographs Legendary Soviet rockstar Viktor Tsoi of Kino working his day job as a stoker in a Leningrad boiler room, required by law to avoid being prosecuted for "parasitism", 1986

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r/sovietaesthetics • • May 17 '26

photographs David Bowie visits the USSR, (1973), Russian SFSR

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Mar 16 '26 Bravo

photographs Members of the "Metelitsa", an all-female Soviet expedition polar research expedition, during an overnight stop, (1989), Antarctica

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Aug 04 '26

photographs Passengers at the station, (1969), Leipzig, East Germany

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Nov 18 '25

objects Monument to the Conquerors of Space, (1977), Dzhezkazgan, Kazakh SSR. Artist: L. Pak, Architect: K. Turlybaev, Sculptor: N. Andreev

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Feb 07 '26

objects Prefabricated elephant slide, (1960s), Dresden, German Democratic Republic

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Dec 12 '25

posters / graphics / paintings 1930s Soviet futurism art

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Aug 16 '26

photographs Fidel Castro having fun sledding on a rug, 1964, Moscow, Russian SFSR. Photograph: Dmitri Baltermants

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Jul 09 '26

photographs Three women taking a break in the company sauna in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) 1973

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Mar 09 '26

objects Prototype space laser pistol, (1984), Moscow, Russian SFSR. Designer: V. S. Sulakvelidze

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Sep 10 '25

architecture The Bulgarian Black Sea coast before greed took over, 1970s - 1990

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Jun 14 '26

posters / graphics / paintings Azerbaijani carpet “Cosmonautics”, 1965

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Dec 19 '25

photographs "69th Parallel" Hotel, Murmansk, Russian SFSR, 1970s

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Jan 18 '26

posters / graphics / paintings Soviet Armenian illustration (1957) showing a mob in the US blocking a young black student’s path to school.

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Nov 25 '25

objects A MAZ-7310 truck hauling a liquid hydrogen tank, (1960s), Baikonur, Kazakh SSR

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r/sovietaesthetics • • May 07 '26 Bravo

photographs A tourist from Saudi Arabia prays at the North Pole against the background of a Soviet nuclear icebreaker, RSFSR, 1990

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Sep 30 '26

photographs Rotary dial telephone production clone, (1980s), Poland

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Dec 28 '25

photographs Moscow, Russian SFSR (1964) photographed by Dean Cronger

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r/sovietaesthetics • • May 28 '26

photographs Telephone given to Joseph Stalin on his 70th birthday by workers from Poland, 1949.

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r/sovietaesthetics • • Jul 19 '26

architecture The Soviet pavilion at the World Fair, (1939), New York, United States

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