30 Fascinating Color Photographs Capture Everyday Life in the USSR in the Early 1980s

Late 1970s were considered to be golden era of Soviet Union. World War II is much behind, the country is already rebuilt.

Oil prices were high, which brought stable income and inflow of dollars. Space program was on its top – new ships, new space stations, even sometimes a few manned ships were launched at same time. In fact, oil price was even higher than it’s now. Things were so good that USSR even moved its army into Afghanistan in 1980. So let’s see some color photos of the USSR, taken in 1981: