In Kyiv in the 50s

Dmytro Malakov's book "In Kyiv in the 50s" is dedicated to the urban life of Kyiv in the 50s of the last century. A selection of illustrations and commentaries present that time at an ordinary everyday level, without pathos and officialdom. Thus, Kyiv appears somewhat from a distance, based on photographs from archives, family albums, private collections, and drawings by the author's older brother, the famous Ukrainian artist Heorhii Malakov.

Years and centuries pass, generations change, and each of them cherishes the memory of "their" time, of the most vivid impressions. They recall events of their personal lives, sometimes in combination with national events, precisely dated. During the Soviet era, life was overly politicized, ideologically categorical, and obsessively unambiguous. And people lived in a parallel personal world: they loved, married, had children, and worked, adapting to the conditions and realities of life provided by the authorities.