From the Archive: New Year's in 90s Moscow, in Photos
Ever wonder how Moscow celebrated New Year's in decades past?
As Muscovites prepare for the upcoming festivities and the city gets decked out in brilliant decorations, enjoy this walk down memory lane from The Moscow Times' archive:
As Muscovites prepare for the upcoming festivities and the city gets decked out in brilliant decorations, enjoy this walk down memory lane from The Moscow Times' archive:
Cadets of the Moscow Higher Military Music School during a New Year's celebration.
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Left: Children playing with an ice Christmas tree.
Right: Ded Moroz, the Slavic version of Santa Claus, greets passerby.
Right: Ded Moroz, the Slavic version of Santa Claus, greets passerby.
Mikhail Metzel, Y.Stetsko / The Moscow Times
A Moscow Christmas shop, January 1995.
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Children looking up at Ded Moroz in Gorky Park, December 1994.
Vladimir Filonov / The Moscow Times
A woman chooses a Christmas tree at the market, 1992.
Mikhail Metzel / The Moscow Times
Traditional ornaments on sale at a store.
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Children gathering around Ded Moroz. Perhaps he is telling them a Christmas story?
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