Story of One Photo 5
Here we have one more photo for the “story of one photo” post. As you might already recognized one
lady here is the ex-first lady of America, the wife of the assassinated president Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, later
married to Greek shipping tycoon Onassis.
But who is the lady on the right? It can be clear seen that it is some Russia woman, in some dress many Russian older women
still are wearing nowadays when doing their household chores etc. So maybe that’s a meeting of the US First Lady with some working
class Russian women delegation?
The answer is wrong. This is not a worker lady, but a First Lady too, the Soviet First Lady of that times, Mrs. Kruschev the wife of the
Soviet leader Kruschev remarkable for his speech in the UN when he took of one of his shoes and smashed it in the tribune in order to
make his speech sound more expressive, if it was not enough yet. He was at power during the Caribbean crisis also.
Then looking on those two it can be seen what was the real difference between two lifestyles of the two countries at that times. It’s hard to say
how much has been changed during the times of the Communism fall and then twenty years of current Russia as we know it. It’s clear
that nowadays the Russian First Lady would never wear something like this, at least when going public, but it’s totally not clear if that’s good
sign or bad sign.
Russian Fashion Models in the West
Fashion historian Alexander Vasyliev believes that the model profession was invented by Russian emigrants, who were the first who said, “We’ll do it all the time and for money!” In Russia the word combination “a fashion model” became the synonym for “the standard of beauty” ages and ages ago, and it has always been an admiration for all foreigners. Let’s take a look at the list of Russian fashion models abroad, modern ones and those who became fashion stars back in the early 20-ies of the 20-th century.
Meat Market Girls
Russian girls selling meat at Minsk market, Belarus.
130 Year Old Russian Woman
It seems that this woman is the world’s oldest woman, according to the photo of her ID above. Also she has a birthday today according to it.
Below you can see how she looked like back in 1976:
Russian Women on the Edge
Photos of different Russian women in totally different situations having one in common - in all those situations they are about on the edge to another strong emotion to come.
The one above is “Everyday routine - that what is killing the strongest feelings”
More below:
Russian Sports Fangirls
Women Mud Wrestling
Russian mud wrestling. No, Ukrainian women mud wrestling, it’s not an easy site for an average Russian - it’s another sign of the all-penetrating Western culture spoiling traditional Russian society, as many might say.
Miss Russia 2009
Miss Russia contest, once again. Now the most fresh as of 2009.
An Exhibition (updated)
Another exhibition took place in Moscow. Here are the photos from the exhibition. The photographer got everything right, so now we have a question, what was the exhibition devoted to?
Ukrainian Amazons
A French explorer Guillaume Herbaut has found a group of amazons hiding in the woods of Ukraine. They live together, dress like locals, study martial arts and their idol is Ukrainian lady minister Julia Timoshenko.
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