Social media project Soviet Visuals shares photos that reflect the Soviet and post-Soviet times. Here are 40 of the most interesting photos.

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Legendary Soviet Georgian water polo player Pyotr (Petre) Mshvenieradze with his grandson, 1990s.

Soviet Swimmer Maria Havrish Congratulates Her Rival Elena Kovalenko, Who Defeated Her In The Breaststroke Competition At The Spartakiad Of The Peoples Of The USSR In Moscow, 1956

Azerbaijani Wedding, USSR, 1965

World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov (Right) Holds Demo Game At The Sports Festival Dedicated To The XVIII Komsomol Congress. Photo By Vladimir Rodionov, USSR, 24 April 1978

Belka The Space Dog Upon Returning From Her Cosmic Voyage. USSR, August 1960.

Pictures Of A Russian Meteorologist Who Spent 30 Years At An Arctic Meteorology Base. By Evgenia Arbugaeva

Babies Sleep Well In The Air In A Light Frost. Nursery №155. Dzerzhinsky District Of Moscow. Photographer Dmitry Baltermantz. 1958

Soviet Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev Was In Space When The Soviet Union Fell Apart In 1991. Unable To Return Home, He Had To Stay In Space Until Further Notice. The Cosmonaut Eventually Returned Back To Earth After 10 Months In Orbit – To A Very Different Nation. Photo By Volkov/Tass

“Down With CPSU”. Soviet Punks During The August 1991 Coup In Moscow

Young Pioneers In Defense Drill. Photo By Viktor Bulla, Leningrad, USSR, 1937

Post-Soviet Visual. Meanwhile In The Moscow Metro