Figure 1.-- This is described as a Russian 'arcade' prtrait. We are not entirely sure about what that meant. We think it meant a very basic studio set up in oarks and othr attractiions when Soviet people could have an inexpensive portarit taken of themselves and theit families while on an outing. Here we see a peasant family photographed, we think in the 1950s. It is not identified. It could be either Russian or Ukranian.

This is described as a Russian 'arcade' prtrait. We are not entirely sure about what that meant. We think it meant a very basic studio set up in oarks and othr attractiions when Soviet people could have an inexpensive portarit taken of themselves and theit families while on an outing. Here we see a peasant family photographed, we think in the 1950s. It is not identified. It could be either Russian or Ukranian. The dealer is located in the Ukraine.There are some interesting aspects of this portrait. First is how small the family is. We see three generations. hat hing patrirds. A grown son or diaughter. And a precious single grasnddaughter sandwithched between them. In Soviet times even peasant families were small. Second, notice the dress. The grndfather a tunic-like short. His grown son a modern shirt. The women still wear headscarves. It was peant families like these that stalin had targeted in the Ukranian genocide (early-1930s). We know nothing about the expeiences of this family. They may have been a family which replaced the families murdered. The workers on the collective farms like this family were essentially new serfs. They were not allowed to seek jobs in the cities without permission. Yhey had to stat and ewotk on the collectibe farms., This was necessary because condition in the cities were so muvh better than the collective farms. Unless thet were forced to remaon in the collectives--the Soviets would lose their rural work force. The Soviet internat passport system was Socialist Republics was inherited from the Tsarist system, but varied over time. Thge passport system that goverbed the lives of thus family was refashioned after Stalin's death. The Soviet Council of Ministers decreed a new Passport Statute (October 1953). . It required all Soviet citizens over age16 years to obtain passports on all urban areas. The non-rural settlements population could not leave their residences for more than 30 days. nd even for these short periods, a permit from a 'selsoviet' (rural council) was necessary. The idea of 'temporary propiska' (residency permit) was created and a regular/permanent 'propiska' came into being. A temporary propiska could be obtined for work-assignents or study away from one's residence.

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