What the Vologda airport terminal looks like in the SOVIET style (PHOTOS)

Russia's last typical Soviet airport, built in the late 1970s, recently reopened after reconstruction. And it has been transformed into a quasi retro art space. 

The most “tasty” part of the terminal is the buffet with Soviet-era tea sets that look like they were just taken out of grandma’s cupboard.

The menu is appropriate: fried pies with potatoes, sandwiches with sprats and ‘Napoleon’ cake. Next door is a stylized soda machine.

You’ve probably seen slot machines in old Soviet photographs. The terminal also had some: ‘Battleship’ and table hockey from those times.

Authentic booths with pay phones, meanwhile, were preserved under the stairs. A poster on the wall reminds people: “Don't talk on the phone”.

There is no dial tone: and where can you call from such a device nowadays?

The central zone of the terminal is now a small waiting area in the form of a Soviet living room.

Two armchairs and a rack with books and suitcases against the background of a carpet. Here you can take an atmospheric photo and watch the airplanes take off and land. 

The journey into the past begins in Moscow: 32-seat Soviet Yak-40s fly to Vologda – the Vologda airport can only accept this type. Nowadays, airplanes from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Veliky Ustyug fly there.

However, a new, modern terminal will be built next to this one in 2025. The “Soviet” terminal will become a museum, a public space for events and a movie platform. 

Movie tourism will become one of the promising directions for Vologda. Even before the reconstruction, this airport attracted Russian filmmakers: recently, the movies ‘Alone’ (2022), ‘Commander’ (2024) and the TV show ‘Lily of the valley: such tender love’ (2024) were filmed there.