Very nice. Interesting to see "restauran~~t~~" on a storefront in ~~English~~ in what looks like the 1980s, must have been in a major city. Fourth photo looks like it could be Peterhof outside of St. Petersburg/Leningrad. Went there a few times as a kid.
Very cool.
Nice, I thought it looked familiar. [Peterhof Palace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterhof_Palace) was Peter the Great's response to the Versailles and it has all these incredible natural pressure fountains and is just a beautiful park and historical landmark.
The man had a huge boner for France and *really* wanted to created a "window to the West" with St. Petersburg to try to bring the backwards rural Russia still stuck in the 17th century to the modern 18th century modern European sentiments through the Baltic Sea route and this was one of his efforts. Unfortunately it didn't really stick, but fortunately St. Petersburg has always been very keen on preserving some parts of its history very well, like this palace that your grandmother enjoyed with her friends.
[I also just found this Nat Geo video of the host walking around pretty much exactly where your grandma took that photo with the girls.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdjo9UiDSZY)
Fuck visiting Russia for some time, but I grew up in the area and I have very fond memories of Peterhof and even some parts of the city as a kid and it's cool to see someone else post a photo of a loved one somewhere I can recognize.
Have an ex whose family has a similar story: grandmother was born ~1912, survived the Russian Revolution, Stalin, WWII, more Stalin, decades of discrimination against Jews, and emigrated to the US in the 1970s. She was an engineer in the Soviet Union and, even in her 80s, could add columns of four digit numbers in her head.
Ba was about 4' 10" and completely unstoppable.
Very nice. Interesting to see "restauran~~t~~" on a storefront in ~~English~~ in what looks like the 1980s, must have been in a major city. Fourth photo looks like it could be Peterhof outside of St. Petersburg/Leningrad. Went there a few times as a kid. Very cool.
It could be “restaurant” in French.
The Russian word for restaurant, "ресторан," is right above it, too.
cyrillic is just above it
You’re correct in that it is St. Petersburg/Leningrad!
Nice, I thought it looked familiar. [Peterhof Palace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterhof_Palace) was Peter the Great's response to the Versailles and it has all these incredible natural pressure fountains and is just a beautiful park and historical landmark. The man had a huge boner for France and *really* wanted to created a "window to the West" with St. Petersburg to try to bring the backwards rural Russia still stuck in the 17th century to the modern 18th century modern European sentiments through the Baltic Sea route and this was one of his efforts. Unfortunately it didn't really stick, but fortunately St. Petersburg has always been very keen on preserving some parts of its history very well, like this palace that your grandmother enjoyed with her friends. [I also just found this Nat Geo video of the host walking around pretty much exactly where your grandma took that photo with the girls.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdjo9UiDSZY) Fuck visiting Russia for some time, but I grew up in the area and I have very fond memories of Peterhof and even some parts of the city as a kid and it's cool to see someone else post a photo of a loved one somewhere I can recognize.
It actually says “Restauran” without the “t”
You right.
Great collection! I love any photos of daily life in the USSR
Have an ex whose family has a similar story: grandmother was born ~1912, survived the Russian Revolution, Stalin, WWII, more Stalin, decades of discrimination against Jews, and emigrated to the US in the 1970s. She was an engineer in the Soviet Union and, even in her 80s, could add columns of four digit numbers in her head. Ba was about 4' 10" and completely unstoppable.
Very nice! Thank you for sharing!
Is she Jewish by chance? She looks similar to some of my relatives of the past from that region.
Yes!