These are some photos taken by foreign journalists in the USSR in 1984, the last year of the era, which in 1987 was named ‘Stagnation’. They reflect the spirit of that time rather well, so take a look:

In the picture: a parade in Erevan, November 7th, 1984,

Politbureau.

Is that a food program?

‘Implement the school reform!’

Red Square in Erevan.

This generation hardly remembers that era…

Armenian Hero of the Soviet Union.

They stick to traditions in Armenia.

In the picture: sacrificial yeanlings.

‘Participants of Berlin’s Day in Moscow! Welcome!’

Moscow GUM.

‘Space’ pavillion, VDNKh.

Moscow Metro.

A rehearsal of the parade.

The Garden Ring.

Drinks.

Samarkand, Central Asia.

Tashkent, 1984.

A farmer’s market in Uzbekistan.

The sign runs: dried friut.

Bread.

A store in Tashkent.

An old car in Bukhara.

Data on cotton delievery by farms of the region, 1984. Reforms are on their way…

via visualhistory