Soviet homeless 1920‑ies

Former Museum of revolution reveals your photo collections to show portraits of children, whose share fell two wars, hunger and poverty.

Collection of photos of GTSMSIR formed with the 20‑ies of the last century, and consists of at least 180 thousand photographs and 160 thousand negatives. Despite the fact that the Museum, formerly known as the Museum of the revolution, a special role was given the thematic documents here for nearly a century, has accumulated a unique set of photographs of the life and everyday life of all segments of the population of Russia.

Homeless and starving children at the Nikolaevsky station. Moscow, 1920 (© the State Central Museum of contemporary history of Russia).

Homeless 1920s are the children of the First world war, revolution, terror and hunger. The most powerful children of their time. According to various sources, at the beginning of the 1920s in Russia, there were between 4 and 7 million children deprived of their homes and parents.

Homeless. Moscow, 1922.

The young Soviet state declared the fight against homelessness political task, and in 1935 was officially declared complete elimination of abandonment and neglect. Maybe so, and maybe, for ideological reasons, but the Museum's photo archives on this subject is very small, and ends in the 1930's.

Dustbin — dwelling homeless. Odessa, 1928.

In the Fund not more than two hundred photographs, the more this collection for posterity. With employees GTSMSIR we have selected for readers COLTA.RU images that best illustrate the life of street children, their homes and occupations, to perhaps better life in shelters.

Street children playing cards, 1925.

Homeless. Arkhangelsk, 1920s

A group of homeless children. Moscow, 1922.

Homeless boy with a dog. Samara, 1930.

Registration of street children in the duty room school for homeless Moscow Department of education. Moscow, 1928.

Homeless in the Dorm have a receiver listening to the radio. Moscow, 1925.

Sessions with former street children. Moscow, 1925.

The homeless shelter at the Smolensk Boulevard. Moscow, 1926.

Two homeless on the street at the furnace. Chabalowski orphanage. Moscow, 1925.

Help the starving Volga. Orphans whose parents died of starvation in an orphanage. Stavropol, 1921-1922.

The fight against hunger and homelessness. The Volga region in 1921.

Bathing a stray boy in the intercession of the receiver. Moscow, 1925.

Training homeless. Moscow, 1926.

Homeless on the parade. 1925.

The fight against hunger and homelessness. The Volga region in 1921.

The fight against hunger and homelessness. The Volga region in 1921.

The fight against hunger and homelessness. In the infirmary. The Volga region in 1921.

The fight against hunger and homelessness. The Volga region in 1921.