Children sit on a bench and eat ice cream

After giving birth in the maternity hospital, women were given free kefir. Actually, this is the only thing that obstetrics could help women in childbirth.

Until 1955, the Moscow metro bore the name of Lazar Kaganovich, a prominent Soviet party figure from Stalin's time. In 1957, Kaganovich fell into disgrace with the Soviet leadership and was expelled from the Communist Party.

Every year on May 1, demonstrations were held in the USSR. Participation in the May Day demonstration was voluntary-compulsory, which can be judged by the faces of the demonstrators.