Color Photos of Stalin-Era Soviet Union Taken by a US Diplomat(rarehistoricalphotos.com) |
Color Photos of Stalin-Era Soviet Union Taken by a US Diplomat(rarehistoricalphotos.com) |
One thing worth pointing out: Moscow was very different from the rest of the country. It had better housing and infrastructure, the shops were stocked far better than elsewhere in the country, it had more grandiose architecture and richer cultural life and so on.
In many is ways it was the country's showcase city.