History Archive: Soviet Union: Art: Photography
Armenia
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An estranged church stands alone among kilometers of cultivated land. (1980s) |
A boy carries a cockerel which will be sacrificed because his families prayers were answered. (1980s) |
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Estonia, Piukhtitsy
![]() | In the Convenant of the Assumption, a nun prays in her room. | Self-sufficient nuns gather wild mushrooms. |
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Miscellaneous
![]() | A baptized child is given a tonsure. | A wealthy bishop, who owns a chauffeur-driven limousine, welcomes guests for tea. |
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![]() | On the night before Easter, the Lenten fast will be broken at the festive razgovenie. |
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Russia, Moscow
![]() | The great St. Basil's Cathedral stands over Red Square. |
Russia, Suzdal
![]() | It's below 20 degrees C, but these believers don't seem to mind. They gather in celebration of the epiphany, at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen. |
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Ukraine, Lvov
![]() | A monk meditates. | A monk welds, in his effort to be more helpful to the church. |
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Uzbekistan
![]() | A Mullah sounds the call to prayer atop a minaret in Bukhara. The Muslim population of the Soviet Union bulged at over 30 million people; around 15% of the total population of the union. |
Transcription/Markup: Brian Baggins
Online Version: Soviet History Archive (marxists.org) 2001