Moscow in the summer of 1941





Margaret Bourke-White, the only foreign photojournalist, who turned these days in Moscow. A series of photos the summer of 1941 - a colossal historical document, they are better than any film convey a lively atmosphere of the time.

Summer 1941. City living their normal lives. Everyone understands that the air smells like a thunderstorm, but it's somewhere far away, on the border ...

Gorky Street.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Gorky Street towards the Kremlin.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Manezh Square.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

All in the Mausoleum
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Entrance to the Kremlin.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Soviet Information Bureau message ...
Look at the people, look closely at the faces! They do not have any fear or even anxiety. The war that waited. It is prepared. But here Moscow ...
Moscow in the summer of 1941

After the rally. They just do not talk about the war. As it is not like movies ...
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Life goes on as usual ...

Seller water.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

"Dynamo" stadium, watching soccer match between CSK and "Dynamo»
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Moscow in the summer of 1941

VDTH. The monument to Stalin.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Moscow in the summer of 1941

Moscow in the summer of 1941

Sale of books.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Library them. Lenin.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Anti-religious museum.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Intellectuals until the lifestyle changes only slightly different surroundings.

Actress Lyubov Orlova in between sёmkami film.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Moscow in the summer of 1941

Moscow in the summer of 1941

Moscow in the summer of 1941

Amer. writer Erskine Caldwell, drinking brandy with Alexei Tolstoy.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Hotels Moscow.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Cocktail lounge on Gorky Street. Cult institution
Moscow in the summer of 1941

What type! She looks like a former member of the State Duma) And in fact, I wonder who is this gentleman? Or friend that is unlikely-if ...
Egg yolk, gin, apricot liqueur, Benedictine liqueur sharp.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Atelier and magazine VOGUE.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Buying a dress.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Kindergarten.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Kindergarten. Game of war.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Production meeting.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Break from work.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Moscow University.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

University. Lecture.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

University. In the classroom.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Family for their studies at the hostel.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Technical Institute. In the hostel students.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Testing in the laboratory of aerodynamics at the University of Moscow.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Receiving complaints.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

In the subway.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Subway. Mayakovskaya station.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Life has changed. Metro has become not just a metro ...
Bomb shelter in the subway.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Bomb shelter in the subway. Children.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

The descent to the shelter.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Moscow in the summer of 1941

Bomb shelter in the basement.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Duty.
Moscow in the summer of 1941

Began ...
After the first air attack.
Moscow in the summer of 1941