[A woman gesturing while describing farm life, Aktau, USSR]

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

[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]

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

[Visitors at Red Square, Moscow]

[Women and child on a park bench, Moscow]

[People building a brick wall, Stalingrad, U.S.S.R.]

[Two boys play a game of chess on a park bench with crowd of spectators looking on, Moscow]

[People standing on the street and awaiting visit of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, Moscow]

[Athletes march in a procession around Dynamo Stadium carrying flags before the show begins for Moscow's anniversary celebrations, Moscow]

[Athletes march in a procession around Dynamo Stadium carrying flags before the show begins for Moscow's anniversary celebrations, Moscow]

[Fireworks over the light-covered buildings of Red Square during Moscow's anniversary celebrations, Moscow]

[Lights covering the buildings of Red Square during Moscow's anniversary celebrations, Moscow]

[View of a ferris wheel from the ground at Gorky Park of Leisure and Culture, Moscow]