We have already showed you photos of Moscow taken in 1909. Let us see the way the city was changed in 22 years. The photos below were taken in 1931 by Branson DeCou, a traveller, and were later colored with aniline ink.
Viewing the Kremlin from the Great Stone Bridge.
Viewing the Kremlin from the Moskvoretski bridge.
The view of Moskvoretskaya street from the Moskvoretski bridge.
The Faceted Chamber.
The Annunciation Cathedral.
Ivan the Great Bell Tower.
Red Square.
GUM.
The Voskresensky gates.
Theater Square.
TsUM (Central Universal Department Store).
Central Children’s Theater.
Kuznetsky Bridge Street.
Okhotny Ryad.
Soviet Square.
Agitation on Soviet Square: The 5-year plan ensures tremendous amplitude of socialistic construction.
Soviet Square.
Strastnaya Square.
Tverskaya Zastava.
The Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
Inside the Cathedral.
Novodevichi Convent.
Pyatnitskaya Street.
Church of the Resurrection in the Kremlin.
Gorky Park.
Museum exhibit of 1937.
Station of fire-extinguishing propaganda.
The Vladimir Gate on Lubyanka square.
Recreation center.
School of communism.
Moiseevskaya Square. The view of future Manezh Square.
Old districts of Moscow.
Foreign photographers.
A foreigner is surrounded by the Muscovites.
Selling drinks – kvass and fruit-drink.
Best service – to workers!
Demonstration.
Queues on Pyatnitskaya Street.
Birzhevaya square.
Sokolniki, Green Theater.
Soyuzpechat Agency (National Publishing Company).
A parking lot next to Leningrad railway station.
Factory Kitchen.
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Very impressive collection of photographs.Glimpse of long passed life frozen in time.I wonder if any of those people survived and still living..Was surprised that Kremlin Spassky tower had still tsarist two headed eagle on it in 1931.
And looks like Stalin’s cult of personality had not taken hold yet. I saw only one potarait of him in the streets.
“Be true to your school” (of communism).
Awesome.
Transportation Cabinet’s ridiculous
Nothing much has changed except the cars !!
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What does the Nazi statue say?
This is not Nazi but Mannerheim, leader of Finland. Finns used swastika as their symbol too. Finland broke away off Russia during October Revolution and this statue says that whoever want to go back under Moscow rule will be hanged.
It says “who will shout “long live Moscow” will be hanged”
Nice, nice… this Moscow is GONE. Now it’s a polluted, disgusting, overcrowded, nasty ant-house. I don’t wish to visit my homeplace again, too heartbreaking.
Interesting how so many buildings look very modern, as if they were built in the 80s. Even the fonts on the fascades look modern. “Stolovaya” looks like it’s been built 20 years ago, I swear.