Yakutsk in the 50’s, historical footage

Author photographs, the photographer of the American magazine “LIFE”, Howard Sohurek.

Yakutsk

In the late 1950s he toured much of the Soviet Union, and left an impressive collection of color photographs. In the lens of his camera and got Yakutsk.

At the time, the Soviet Union and the United States tried to build a relationship of trust with each other. Conducted reciprocal exchanges of delegations, but it did not give a complete picture of the inhabitants of each other.

Howard Sohureka mission was to show the daily life of ordinary citizens of the Soviet Union, such as it is. See the photos…

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Source: Dnevniki.Ykt.Ru

Translation: Google

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