Иваново в 1960-х годах

Ivanovo in the 1960s

Music:
Melody from the Russian folk song "The Tramp" and
Melody from the Soviet song - "She never said anything" by Vasily Solovyov-sedov played by the Polyanka Russian Gypsy Orchestra

Ivanono is, by tradition, the textile centre of Russia and the original settlement was first mentioned in 1561. The modern city was created in 1871 my merging the old flax-processing village of Ivanovo with the industrial settlement of l Voznesensky Posad and until 1932, the official name of the city was Ivanovo-Voznesensk. The city is also referred to as the "City of brides" due to the large number of women and girls seeking employment in the textile industry. Although many of these factories have now closed, the title has remained.....

The centre of the city has a number of fine examples of Constructionist architecture built between the 1920s and early 1930s. The city had been chosen as a test site for the Soviet Social experiment, known as the "New Society"..........

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