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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

Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street, 1960s

Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street, 1970s

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

A woman sitting on the bench, 1964

Arbat Street, 1964

The Garden Ring Road, 1964

Female clothing store, 1964

An occupied telephone booth, 1966

Watching the world pass by, 1966

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

The fountain at Pushkin Square, 1966

Waiting for a bus, 1964

The Boulevard Ring Road, 1984