The Ukrainian SSR of 1987 in the pages of the journal National Geographic.

The fashion of the young is universal. A couple is walking along the embankment in Odessa.

For the first time in the first class. Children go to 119 Odessa school with flowers for teachers.

Although some schools teach separate disciplines in Ukrainian, many others, including this school number 119, conduct lessons in Russian, which reflects the continuing Russification of society.

"Get in shape and lose weight!" - This call can be heard throughout the USSR. On the Kiev street the girl is weighed for two copecks.

According to legend, the star of forgiveness and Our Lady saved the Pochaev Lavra from the invasion of the Turks in the 17th century, which is reflected in the hymn of Ukraine.

"Dance with a spray" to the accompaniment of traditional Ukrainian tunes in the kindergarten in the sleeping area of ​​Kiev. Under the new legislation, these 4 and 5-years will go to school from 6 years, a year earlier than before.

Training in work. Student VTU is practicing at Khartsyzsk Tractor Works.

Lviv retained its heritage despite 650-year subordination to the Poles, Austrians, Germans and others.
With the end of World War II, the city is in Moscow's power.
The architecture of this city, located near the border with Poland, shows its connections with Europe, but most buyers in this marketplace still speak Ukrainian.
This language is less likely to be heard in other cities of Ukraine.

In commemoration of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia - written in 2 languages ​​on this monument, erected on the day of 1500 Kiev, in 1982. The Soviets are counting on reunification since 1654, when independent Cossacks concluded a pact with the tsar.

It's time to shower! Donetsk miner after 6-hour shift.
Donetsk gives a third of Soviet coal.

ph: Steve Raymer (*)