Pictures of the Russian Consulate in the 1920s
This series of photographs on PastVu come from the family archive of Ariadna Pakhomova, who came to Shanghai in 1923, aged 18, to work as a cryptographer at the USSR Consulate. The pictures are taken in the building on Whangpoo Road, formerly the Imperial Consulate of Russia, which was handed over to the Soviet diplomats in July 1924.
Postcard view of the “Russian Consulate” inscribed on the back by the Acting Consul S. L. Vilde. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1317724
A. D. Pakhomova in the garden of the USSR Consulate. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1526662
On the steps of the USSR Consulate. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1551662
On the balcony of the same building. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1526663
Posing with Fred Borodin (left), the son of the famous KMT adviser M. M. Borodin, in 1924. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1550683
Solomon Vilde (1892-1967), who became Acting Consul in September 1925 and married Ariadna Pakhomova. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1526875