Russian market trader measuring cooking oil in St Petersburg No 37

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This photograph forms part of a personal archive series of contemporary images from every day Russian life. All taken during July 1991 in the month prior to the Irredeemable start of the break up of Soviet Union and the end of the Gorbachev era.

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Size: 5100px × 3413px
Location: Smolensk Russia
Photo credit: © Neil Proctor / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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