Major Martin Manhoff spent more than two years in the Soviet Union in the early 1950s. He served as assistant military attaché at the US Embassy, ​​located near Red Square.

Manhoff, a talented photographer, captured hundreds of scenes from everyday life in the Soviet Union, both in Moscow and in other regions of the USSR.

The construction of the hotel “Ukraine” from the roof of the US Embassy on Novinsky Boulevard. The Church of the Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus (1954) is visible on the left.

Moscow in the early 1950s

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The following project created by Pavel Meleshkin uses digital manipulation to place Western celebrities into authentic photographs of Russian street scenes from the 1990s.

The goal of the project was to create a humorous contrast between global stars and the harsh, everyday reality of post-Soviet Russia. Pavel Meleshkin is known for this and similar art projects where he integrates famous figures into provincial Russian settings.

1. Sylvester Stallone

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