[Young boy on a communal farm holding a tomato, Aktau, USSR]

[People selling their produce to customers in an oper-air street market, Stalingrad, U.S.S.R.]

[Women sitting on the floor selling watermelon in an oper-air street market, Stalingrad, U.S.S.R.]

[Boys and instructor during a ballet lesson, Moscow]

[Boy practicing ballet, Moscow]

[Boy practicing ballet, Moscow]

[Woman carrying case in front of huge sign depicting Stalin and other Political Bureau members, hiding ruins, Stalingrad]

[Beekeeper holding up part of his hive, Aktau, USSR]

[Boys in a ballet class, Moscow]

[Boys in a ballet class, Moscow]

[War damage near Trinity Lavra of Saint Sergius, Sergiyev Posad, USSR]

[Young visitors at Red Square, Moscow]

[Visitors at Red Square, Moscow]

[Women and child on a park bench, Moscow]

[Visitors at Red Square, Moscow]

[Young visitors waiting to see Lenin's Tomb at Red Square, Moscow]

[View of the city of Kiev]

[Young man mixing paint on a palette while standing in front of his canvas and easel at Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Young man mixing paint on a palette while standing in front of his canvas and easel at Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Elaborately painted exterior in need of repair at Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Restoration in progress on Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Restoration in progress on Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Restoration in progress on Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Restoration in progress on Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]