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Made in USSR: Soviet Girls' Natural Beauty Stuns and Amazes

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Take a look at young Soviet women and their lifestyles in Sputnik's gallery.

 

While the beauty of Russian women has become almost a myth, the way Soviet ladies really looked is still a mystery to foreingers. Being no strangers to fashion, Soviet women and girls tried to do their best to look beautiful and catch the eye of men.

 

© Sputnik / Mikhail Ozerskiy / Go to the mediabankA young resident of the city of Yaroslavl, central Russia.
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A young resident of the city of Yaroslavl, central Russia.
© Sputnik / Maksimov / Go to the mediabankStudents of the Odessa Polytechnic Institute (currently Ukraine) during an evening walk in a student camp on the Black Sea shore in summer.
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Students of the Odessa Polytechnic Institute (currently Ukraine) during an evening walk in a student camp on the Black Sea shore in summer.
© Sputnik / Boris Kaufman / Go to the mediabankA student during classes in a language lab.
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A student during classes in a language lab.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Akimov / Go to the mediabankWomen on a beach in Crimea off the Black Sea.
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Women on a beach in Crimea off the Black Sea.
© Sputnik / Anatoliy Garanin / Go to the mediabankYoung women in front of the mirror in a cafe in Moscow, 1961.
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Young women in front of the mirror in a cafe in Moscow, 1961.
© Sputnik / Vasiliy Fedorchenko / Go to the mediabankA young milkmaid at a farm on the outskirts of Kostroma, central Russia.
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A young milkmaid at a farm on the outskirts of Kostroma, central Russia.
© Sputnik / Ян Тихонов / Go to the mediabankA knitting machine operator at a factory in Latvia, then a Soviet republic.
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A knitting machine operator at a factory in Latvia, then a Soviet republic.
© Sputnik / Oustinov / Go to the mediabankA girl runs away from a cow.
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A girl runs away from a cow.
© Sputnik / Aleksandr Nevezhin / Go to the mediabankWomen look at a fur coat at an exhibition of Russian manufacturers in Moscow, 1962.
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Women look at a fur coat at an exhibition of Russian manufacturers in Moscow, 1962.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Perventsev / Go to the mediabankWeavers of a combine in Ivanovo, Russia.
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Weavers of a combine in Ivanovo, Russia.
© Sputnik / M. Filimonov / Go to the mediabankA young woman at the Fifth All-Union Art Exhibition "Seven-year plan in action."
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A young woman at the Fifth All-Union Art Exhibition "Seven-year plan in action."
© Sputnik / Vladimir Vdovin / Go to the mediabankA young woman in winter.
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A young woman in winter.
© Sputnik / Ivan Shagin / Go to the mediabankA parade of athletes on the Red Square in Moscow.
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A parade of athletes on the Red Square in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Fred Grinberg / Go to the mediabankA sneak peek into daily life in the city of Sverdlovsk (currently Russia's Ekaterinburg).
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A sneak peek into daily life in the city of Sverdlovsk (currently Russia's Ekaterinburg).
© Sputnik / W.Bazan / Go to the mediabankPupils of the Vitebsk Judo Sports Club in Belarus, then a Soviet republic.
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Pupils of the Vitebsk Judo Sports Club in Belarus, then a Soviet republic.
© Sputnik / Yuryi Abramochkin / Go to the mediabankSoviet youth during a yacht cruise.
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Soviet youth during a yacht cruise.
© Sputnik / Sergei Petruhin / Go to the mediabankStudents from Bashkortostan picking apples in a collective farm during agricultural work in the Astrakhan region, southern Russia.
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Students from Bashkortostan picking apples in a collective farm during agricultural work in the Astrakhan region, southern Russia.
© Sputnik / Skurihina / Go to the mediabankA worker during the construction of the Krasnoyarsk Dam, Siberia, Russia.
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A worker during the construction of the Krasnoyarsk Dam, Siberia, Russia.
© Sputnik / Sviridova / Go to the mediabankA young woman on a beach off the Baltic Sea on the outskirts of Riga, Latvia, then a Soviet republic.
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A young woman on a beach off the Baltic Sea on the outskirts of Riga, Latvia, then a Soviet republic.
© Sputnik / Miroslav Murazov / Go to the mediabankA group of students in the 1960s.
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A group of students in the 1960s.
© Sputnik / Anatoliy Garanin / Go to the mediabankHarvesting of cereals in the fields of the Turkmenistan, then a Soviet republic, 1939.
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Harvesting of cereals in the fields of the Turkmenistan, then a Soviet republic, 1939.
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