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Photograph of two ladies in the market.

Broad smiles welcome seafarers home from a nine-month voyage.

Huge collective and state farms command most cultivated land, but millions of Soviet people such as these living near Suzdal still work an acre or so for personal needs. They may sell their produce in the state-run markets, where its quality…

Taking leave of her family and friends before boarding a train on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, a young woman receives a tearful embrace. A crew member waits in the doorway of a passenger car, ready to signal 'all clear' with her flag at departure…

Snugly dressed against the cold, two small residents of the Siberian city of Ulan Ude trudge homeward at sun through a planting of young birches. 'Siberia will make Russia strong,' predicted Mikhail Lomonosov, an 18th century Russian scientist. …

Group of children in bathing suits standing around a lamp. Individual set title, Vitamin D treatment.

Reflecting sun's glow, a road meanders toward a church above Mtskheta, near Tbilisi. Inside the building, a woman raises her hands in supplication, for her it remains a holy place, though no longer used for services. On the exterior appear detailed…

Cradled in his mother's arms, a baby born in Moscow hospital starts to nurse. At feeding time a special cart delivers the infants, wrapped and tagged, to their mothers. Soviet maternity wards observe strict rules of hygiene and allow no visitors,…

Friends enjoy a wade in the warm Baltic waters.

Small child from the Soviet Union holds up four fingers to indicate her age.