A walk in the rain is one of the most romantic things in the world. Rainy days can often be a blessing in disguise and help one to rekindle the romance in one’s life.
Sputnik's photo gallery presents a compilation of vintage photos showing picturesque moments on the streets of the Soviet Union.
The work of photographer Yudelis Katsenbergas called "It started to rain" at the exhibition "Our Homeland in Art Photographs" in the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.
People crossing Nevsky Prospect, Leningrad (St. Petersburg) after the rain.
A statue on a house in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) as rain falls.
A woman with an umbrella is walking in the rain.
People gather in Red Square in front of St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow.
A Volga GAZ-21 on a flooded Moscow street after heavy rains on 8 June 1966.
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A pair kisses in the rain in Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
A girl standing behind glass with raindrops.
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr), the legendary American boxer prepares for a meeting at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education.
People in the stands at the 6th All-Union Youth Festival at the Dynamo stadium, Moscow.
Residents of the city of Tyrnyauz, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia run to get out of the rain.
A man shelters his pregnant wife under an umbrella.
Children racing cars after heavy rain at the Sports Palace in Luzhniki, Moscow.
A girl puts her hands out to feel the rain as it falls.
A pair stands in the rain at the Kazan State Circus built in 1967 according to a project by architect Gennady Pichuev.
Passers-by walk along the street, taking shelter from the rain under an umbrella.
Moscow residents stand in the rain on Kalinin Avenue (now two streets - Vozdvizhenka and Novy Arbat).
