Russia’s ‘Wild Nineties’ As You’ve Never Seen Them Before

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Russia’s ‘Wild Nineties’ As You’ve Never Seen Them Before

An initiative has been launched to digitize Russia’s photographic archive. Russiainphoto.ru has more than 80,000 images ranging from the 1860s up to 1999. RFE/RL’s Amos Chapple had a look through the archive’s 1990s collection and found 18 gems. From “Pas

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An initiative has been launched to digitize Russia’s photographic archive. Russiainphoto.ru has more than 80,000 images ranging from the 1860s up to 1999. RFE/RL’s Amos Chapple had a look through the archive’s 1990s collection and found 18 gems. From “Passion Boulevard” to the battleground, here’s a taste of everyday life during one of the most turbulent eras in Russia’s history.