Soviet Moscow streets as seen through the lens of Yury Iorsh (PHOTOS)

Both pedestrians and buildings equally matter in the images by this popular Soviet artist and photographer.

Other side of the Moskva River, 1960s

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street, 1960s

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street, 1970s

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

Entrance to the ‘Sverdlov Square’ subway station (now ‘Teatralnaya’) of the Moscow Metro, 1960s

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

A woman sitting on the bench, 1964

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

Arbat Street, 1964

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

The Garden Ring Road, 1964

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

Female clothing store, 1964

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

An occupied telephone booth, 1966

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

Watching the world pass by, 1966

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

Poster for the new ‘War and Peace’ movie that would go on to win an Oscar, 1966

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

The fountain at Pushkin Square, 1966

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

Waiting for a bus, 1964

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow

The Boulevard Ring Road, 1984

Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow
Yury Iorsh/Museum of Moscow