25 incredible painted pictures about how Russian people lived in 1900-1965

We can say without undue modesty that the history of Russia is one of the richest, most majestic and fascinating among all the states of the world. And although wealth and greatness imply many difficult and even tragic moments, this only made it an even greater gift for playwrights and filmmakers from all over the world. That is why it is even more interesting and fascinating to consider photographs that capture the fateful moments of our homeland and its iconic personalities. Today we present to your attention just such retrospectives, painted and perfected by the hand of the masters.

Family of Emperor of Russia Nicholas II, 1914.

Grand Duchess Maria, 1906.

Soviet sniper Rosa Shanina, the first woman to become a holder of the Order of Glory.

Yuri Gagarin and his sports car Matra Bonnet Djet Vs Coupe, 1965.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko is the most successful Soviet sniper since the Second World War. On her account 309 fatal hits in the enemy.

The first passengers of the Moscow metro, 1935.

Four daughters of the Romanovs with their mother, Tsarina Alexandra, 1913.

Gymnasium students in Tsarist Russia, 1900-1917

Worker and Manager, Automobile Plant, Moscow, 1954.

Russian family from the Sverdlovsk region, the end of the 19th century.

Jose Raul Capablanca vs. Alexander Alekhine, 1913.

Ekaterina Ryabova, Russian military pilot, heroine of the Soviet army, 1945.

Fighter pilot Lydia Litvyak during the Second World War, 1941.

Soviet athletes in Moscow, 1937.

The 102nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 1943.

Soldier with the Soviet flag, Berlin, 1945.

A man with a group of Russian children, 1940.

Nicholas II in the uniform of the Life Guards of the 4th Rifle Imperial Surname of the regiment, 1912.

The Czech wrestler Karl Hastened, 1912.

Russian soldiers in Berlin, 1945.

Mikhail Bulgakov, 1928.

The Romanov sisters and their mother, Tsarina Alexandra, work in a military hospital during the First World War.

Anti-tank artillery, 1940s.

Soviet sniper Semyon Nomokonov with his famous smoking pipe, 1942.

St. John of Kronstadt.

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