20th-Century Moscow Stories

The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography is hosting the exhibition: “Moscow Stories. 20th Century. Pt. 2” This is the second and final part of the project devoted to life in the Russian capital during the past 100 years. The exhibition features photos displaying Moscow’s main events from the early 1960s to the late 1990s. Photo: Going hunting, 1960s. By Yury Krivonosov.

Moscow is not only about the events, but the atmosphere and invisible ties between a person, architecture, and an event, organizers say. The exhibition showcases photographs of many genres. Photo: On a date, 1961. By Leonid Lazarev.

Photographs made in the 1960s-1980s seem to be more serene and cheerful, displaying happy faces, Muscovites greeting the world’s first cosmonauts on Red Square, and the 1980 Summer Olympics events. Photo: After classes, Lenin Hills, 1970. By Mikhail Trakhman.

Kids on a swing near a newly built five-story residential building, 1960s. By Nikolai Rakhmanov.

Moscow Swimming Pool, 1976. By Nikolai Rakhmanov.

Photography of the 1990s reflects drastic changes in the atmosphere and mood. Photo: A dance near a construction site, 1996. By Sergei Borisov.

People are seen near a store on Gorky Street, 1962. By Yury Krivonosov.

Kids in a newly built residential area, 1960s. By Dmitry Vozdvizhensky and Nina Sviridova.

Peddling clothes near the Bolshoi Theater, 1992. By Vladimir Filonov.