USSR 50-ies in the lens Seeds Friedland. Photo

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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