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Great photos.

Situations of extremis bring out true character of people.

More than one Russian Lubavitcher yearned for the days of yore.

A Satmarer fellow told me yiddishkayt was better in the pre 1990 days when Jews worked hard and long.

As far as Moscow Choir Syn,SOVIET LIFE printed better photos of it during the period of 2959-1990 when they published propoganda pieces on the shul,Rabbis Levin,Olevsky and other little known Jewish clergy in Soviet Union.I was a purchaser of these glossy editions.

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Yes, I am a ware of those Life photos. But here, Dashevsky photos have a certain feeling to them that is hard to mach for a "professional” photographer.

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Carpets on the wall? Well, yes.

Osijek, Slavonija, cca 1963.

Few fair things available.

Gotta have lovely things.

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I dono..Was pretty crappy life..I do have a little nostagia for a snowy Leningrad and suburbs, but life in general was nothing over exciting. Ye.. Hermitage ..ye...other exhibitions. Nu Nu..

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Relationships between people, friendships, had more meaning. Although I always hated there.

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People were more real 40+ years ago. But that's all over, not only Sovok.

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