My point is this: all these photos show smiling happy people and great historical moments such as the first man in space. But the every day life for the most part was very different. I am not arguing that these scenes never happened, I’m just saying someone selected these from a vast selection of photos to create a certain impression of the USSR, an impression that aims to romanticise, and not to be objective.
I feel like you’re rapidly approaching a situation where if the photo doesn’t show exactly what you want to see that makes it propaganda.