Russians as you have not seen them

Retro photographs of famous Russians, which capture the amazing moments of their lives.

June 12 is coming - Day of Russia. On the eve of this holiday, we would like to recall our famous compatriots, who at various times became key figures in the cultural and political life of our country, and some of them remain so to this day. But instead of glossy magazine photos, in which they appear as people out of this world, we would like to see them in a different light: ordinary people, not devoid of weaknesses and emotions.

Therefore, in this selection, we have collected photographs of famous Russians taken during their youth, in a relaxed or unusual environment, revealing to us a different side of their personality that we never knew about.

(Total 19 photos)

Source: www.adme.ru

1. Yuri Nikulin.

2. Cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Alexei Leonov at a party in Star City.

3. Joseph Brodsky and Vladimir Vysotsky.

4. Maxim Gorky pokes a broom at opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin, 1905.

5. Gorbachev is no longer president, Putin is not yet president, 1994.

6. Acrobatic exercises. Prince Nicholas of Greece, Emperor Nicholas II on top.

7. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy plays the Russian folk game gorodki, Yasnaya Polyana, 1909.

8. Vladimir Nabokov studies butterflies.

9. Actress Jill St. John, Leonid Brezhnev and President Nixon.

10. "Mutual feeding", Nikita Khrushchev's visit to India, 1952.

11. Mikhail Gorbachev surrounded by Pierre Richard and future Russian Gerard Depardieu.

12. Yuri Shevchuk.

13. Zemfira Ramazanova.

14. Leonid Yarmolnik, Alexander Abdulov and Andrey Makarevich, 1987

15. Mikhail Efremov.

16. Peter Mamonov.

17. Nikita Mikhalkov.

18. Boris Grebenshchikov.

19. Viktor Tsoi at the Golden Duke Film Festival in Odessa, 1988.