Back In The U.S.S.R.: The Soviet Union In Color In 1963

An entrance to Moscow's Red Square, with St. Basil's Cathedral in the distance, and the State Historical Museum to the left. Thousands of people can be seen standing in a long, snaking line to enter Lenin's mausoleum.

Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, with the old Moscow Hotel just visible at the top. It was torn down in 2004 to make way for a new hotel.

Looking into Moscow's Red Square, with St. Basil's Cathedral in the distance. Thousands of people can be seen standing in a long, snaking line to enter Lenin's mausoleum.

A book stand in Kyiv at the corner of Khreshchatyk and Prorizna streets, then named Sverdlov Street. The address is Khreshchatyk 30. There used to be a book store named Druzhba (Friendship) there where foreign books (but only from socialist countries, of course) could be bought.

The entrance to Hotel Europe

Kiosk No. 125 in Kyiv used to sell beverages and also alcoholic drinks and cigarettes. The kiosk is still there but looks rather different today.

A vendor in Kyiv sells "carbonated water."

In this photograph of Kyiv, one can see where central Khreshchatyk Street runs through Independence Square. The large building on the corner is the Main Post Office, with St. Sophia's Cathedral and its belfry in the background.

Kyiv's central square. It used to be known as Kalinin Square in 1963; in 1967 it was renamed October Revolution Square. Now it's Independence Square. The picture is taken from the podium of the then-Moscow Hotel, now known as the Ukraine Hotel. Only three buildings partly seen in the upper left corner remain today.

Moscow State University

The Exhibition of the Achievements of the National Economy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in Moscow

One of the Kremlin's towers

Moscow's Manezhnaya Square with its Central Exhibition Hall. It has been restored following a major fire in 2004.

"Peace, Labor, and Friendship"

Outside the Kremlin walls in Red Square