Photos from the life of people in the Soviet Union, made Semyon Fridlyand.
1950-e years in the USSR – a time of optimism, joy of post-war construction, the time of new hopes. And all this can be seen on the faces of the people who hit the shot of the famous Soviet photographer Semyon Friedland. Perhaps some of these pictures seem staged. But in each of them – frozen era.
1. The work on the modern equipment
At the Moscow Energy Institute. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
2. Combine
Agricultural workers, professional activity of which is a driving combine harvesters. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
3. Interns at the plant of heavy machine tools
Chinese trainees at the plant of heavy machine tools in Novosibirsk. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
4. Lagutenko Vitaly Pavlovich hero of socialist labor
Soviet engineer, author of the first “Khrushchev”. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
5. At a reception at the pediatrician
Young mother to consult a pediatrician. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
6. Hard work
Worker in the Kazan port. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
7. The construction of the plant
The installers on the construction of the plant in Temirtau. The USSR, Kazakhstan, of 1950-ies. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
8. The construction of the industrial centre
Young climbers on the construction of Pavlodar industrial center. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
9. Specialists in the Assembly and installation of buildings and structures
Installers of the Cherepovets plant. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
10. Boat trip on the Dnieper river
River boat trip. USSR, Kiev, 1950-ies. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
11. Welders
Workers involved in welding metal structures. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
12. In the circle of friends and colleagues
Folk artists of the USSR, Opera and theatre. USSR, 1954. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
13. Painting utensils
Folk craft. USSR, Ukraine, 1950-ies. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
14. Fourth-Grader Gal Muravieva
Fourth-grader Gal Muravieva – student lower-Chemskoy high school. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
15. In one of the living
Suburban sanatorium for coal miners in St. Michael. USSR, Moscow, 1951. Photo: Semyon Osipovich Friedland.
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