Dior Models in USSR and Other Iconic Photos Reproduced After Decades

Azerbaijani photographer Kamal Bagirli reproduces old pictures of the world capitals, including Moscow, after dozens of years. The project dubbed "Window to the past" has attracted thousands of fans in social networks.

Take a look at the most interesting works from the photographer's travels in Sputnik's gallery.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

For his works the photographer chooses not only iconic places, but iconic events. This picture shows French models in the Moscow State Department Store in 1959. The Christian Dior fashion show was a sensation in the USSR.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

Bagirli visits beautiful, historic places in Europe, when choosing interesting sites for his works. This picture shows the legendary Negresco hotel in France's Nice.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

The photographer says that people are more important for his works than buildings. This picture shows Soviet youth walking on Red Square in 1950s Moscow.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

Before his travels, the photographer searches for places, which are still recognizable. This picture shows a street in the center of Milan, Italy.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

This picture shows Soviet actor Andrei Mironov during filming in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

This picture shows a man buying flowers in Milan, Italy.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

Sometimes neither a person nor achitecture occupy center stage of a photo, but nature itself. This picture shows lemon trees in an Italian hamlet by the sea.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

Bagirli sometimes uses famous pictures by other photographers. This picture depicts a famous work by an Italian photographer taken in the center of Milan, Italy.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

The original photo is named "Rock-n-roll under a bridge" taken in Paris, France.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

This is one of the most popular works by Bagirli, a picture taken at a railway station in Milan. The original photo was taken in 1964.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

This picture was taken in Barcelona, Spain.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

This picture was dedicated to talented French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.

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© Photo : Courtesy of Kamal Bagirli

This picture was taken near the entrance to the Santo Domingo metro station in the Dominican Republic.