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Vintage Photos of Soviet Streets on Rainy Days

Sputnik

A walk in the rain is one of the most romantic things in the world. Rainy days can often be a blessing in disguise and help one to rekindle the romance in one’s life.

Sputnik's photo gallery presents a compilation of vintage photos showing picturesque moments on the streets of the Soviet Union. 

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The work of photographer Yudelis Katsenbergas called "It started to rain" at the exhibition "Our Homeland in Art Photographs" in the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.
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People crossing Nevsky Prospect, Leningrad (St. Petersburg) after the rain.
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A statue on a house in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) as rain falls.
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A woman with an umbrella is walking in the rain.
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People gather in Red Square in front of St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow.
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A Volga GAZ-21 on a flooded Moscow street after heavy rains on 8 June 1966.
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A pair kisses in the rain in Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
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A girl standing behind glass with raindrops.
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Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr), the legendary American boxer prepares for a meeting at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education.
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People in the stands at the 6th All-Union Youth Festival at the Dynamo stadium, Moscow.
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Residents of the city of Tyrnyauz, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia run to get out of the rain.
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A man shelters his pregnant wife under an umbrella.
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Children racing cars after heavy rain at the Sports Palace in Luzhniki, Moscow.
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A girl puts her hands out to feel the rain as it falls.
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A pair stands in the rain at the Kazan State Circus built in 1967 according to a project by architect Gennady Pichuev.
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Passers-by walk along the street, taking shelter from the rain under an umbrella.
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Moscow residents stand in the rain on Kalinin Avenue (now two streets - Vozdvizhenka and Novy Arbat).
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