beautiful hand tinted photos of Russia from 1931

[IcyPeas]

http://englishrussia.com/2012/01/28/moscow-of-1931-in-photos-of-branson-decou/

[sakabatou]

1. Oh wow...

[grasswire]

2. thanks

Very nice.

I have a small collection of postcards of Russia from pre-revolution era. They are hand-tinted and similar in feeling to the photos you've linked to. Fascinating.

[Aristus]

3. Those are amazing.

We've been trained to picture Soviet Russia as this drab, cheerless place, and the people bowed down by unendurable repression.

Nice to get a different perspective.

[limpyhobbler]

4. Cool pictures.

Photos from that inter-war period are so fascinating.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

5. thanks for posting.

English Russia is a great site, its easy to spend hours browsing it for interesting things.

[femmocrat]

6. Wonderful photos!

Thanks for posting them. I was surprised at the number of churches.