What were the wedding in the USSR

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have the wedding in the USSR

Wedding Photography - this artistic picture, and a family heirloom, and a document riddled zeitgeist. In our selection of celebration pictures taken from 1925 to 1990. Among them the original village of fun, with the orchestra and dances, Komsomol, modest hamlet, with noisy feasts and accordionist, "demonstration" soft, daring and romantic urban wedding.

At all times the scale of the triumph depended on family wealth and social traditions. Of course, the Soviet epoch leaves its imprint on the event, but in different corners - especially in the villages - to keep the traditions of celebrating a ritual dance, the bride price and other features. Track the history of weddings can be old photographs.

Often the wedding became a subject of shooting for the classics of domestic photography. For example, made Vyazniky picture "for the grandchildren" Vladimir Lagrange published in the "Soviet Union" magazine and saw more than 100 countries. Also among the authors whose works are included in our selection, outstanding photographers such as Alexander Steshanov Rustam Mukhametzyanov, Vsevolod Tarasevich Vladimir Szokolay and Igor Palmin.

It should be noted that there are in the Union of foreign masters, too, did not miss the opportunity to make a wedding picture. Below there is a wonderful picture of the registrar Elliott Erwitt, and more outdoor shots newlyweds Henri Cartier-Bresson and Ferdinando Shanna.

In the registry office, Uzbek SSR, 1925. Photo by: George A. Zelma.

"Calm down, shoot! .." Ukrainian SSR, 1938. Photo by: Arkady Shishkin.

A wedding in the house Mishukova. Congratulations to the young - Love Mishukova and Basil Skrylnikov from villagers. Stavropol 1952. Photo by Oleg Knorring.

The village wedding. Village Mikhaltsov, Northern Bukovina, Moldavia, 1940. Photo by: George Petrusov.

Wedding feast in the house. Village Mikhaltsov, Northern Bukovina, Moldavia, 1940. Photo by: George Petrusov.

Wedding Band. Village Mikhaltsov, Northern Bukovina, Moldavia, 1940. Photo by: George Petrusov.

A wedding in the village. Pskov region., Porkhov district, d. Zhitov, June 1, 1946. Author unknown. File photo Olga Pavlovna Karelin.

A wedding in a remote area, 1950. Photo by: Arkady Shishkin.

Weddings Maroussia and Vasil Makarenko, 1950. Photo by Oleg Knorring.

"Children of different nations." Wedding in the hostel. Foreign students. Moscow Oil Institute. Gubkin. Moscow, 1954. Photo by Oleg Knorring.

At the wedding. Ukrainian SSR, Chernivtsi region. 1960. Photo by: Vsevolod Tarasevich.

During the wedding table. Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, 1960. Photo by: Vsevolod Tarasevich.

The guests at the wedding. Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, 1960. Photo by: Vsevolod Tarasevich.

Registration of marriage. Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, 1960. Picture Author: Vsevolod Tarasevich

The wedding of Valentina Tereshkova and Andrian Nikolayev. Moscow, November 3, 1963. Author unknown.

Valentina Tereshkova and Chief Designer Sergei Korolev during the wedding of Tereshkova and Andrian Nikolayev. Moscow, November 3, 1963.

The Azerbaijani wedding, 1965. Photo by: Lev Borodulin.

"A childhood left", Moscow, 1965. Photo by: Zvyagelskaya.

Russian wedding, 1967. Photo by: Lev Borodulin.

Bratsk, 1967. Photo by: Elliot Erwitt.

Wedding Burdeyko Olga and Andrei Garvisha, Kamchatka Region, 1967. Photo by: Nikita Kozlowski

At the wedding. Leningrad, 1965-1979. Photo by: Vsevolod Tarasevich.

"In the clouds", Moscow, 1969. Authors: Nina Sviridova Dmitry Vozdvyzhensky.

Wedding Eric Kisteneva, Moscow reg., Town. Protvino, 1969-1974. Photo by: Vsevolod Tarasevich.

North wedding, 1970. Photo by Oleg Polishchuk.

Look, 1970. Photo by: Vsevolod Tarasevich.

Tekstilshchiki, 1970. Authors: Nina Sviridova Dmitry Vozdvyzhensky.

The Wedding, 1970. Photo by: Vsevolod Tarasevich.

Irkutsk, USSR, 1972. Photo by: Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Komsomolskaya wedding, 1975. Author photo: Edward Ettinger.

Accordionist at the wedding. A series of "town", 1975. Photo by Yuri Rybczynski.

The bride and groom, Tatar ASSR, Elabuga, 1978. Photo by: Rustam Mukhametzyanov.

Happiness. Moscow, 1978. Photo by: Rustam Mukhametzyanov.

Country Wedding. Kuzbass, 1979. Photo by Vladimir Szokolay.

Wedding, Kolomna, Moscow Region, 1981. Photo by: Igor Palmin.

The driver with their car, decorated with wedding flowers and a doll, waiting for the bride and groom after their wedding. Odessa, Ukraine, 1982. Photo by: Ian Berry.