“The immensity of London staggered us. Although the weather was filthy the day we arrived, Vladimir Ilyich brightened up at once and...

A poem in honour of Lenin's birth by Haitian poet Jean-Fernand Brierre Written by Haitian poet Jean-Fernand Brierre this poem was first...

On April 19, 1961 the revolutionary forces of the Cuban people defeated the last of the counter-revolutionary, imperialist forces who,...

"We still have a long way to go and many problems to solve as we build socialism, but history has already shown that our ideas are far...

Heroes' Monument of the Red Army, Vienna Today is the anniversary of the liberation of Vienna by the Red Army. In 2020, on the occasion...

A look at the Soviet space program from the Soviet point-of-view on the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic flight. Soviet stamp...

Today is the birthday of one of the towering figures of 20th Century American musical and political history, Paul Robeson. Despite his...

With two bonus views. Text translated from the Russian. The city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea was a prominent and storied port in...

Photos via Soviet Union Today, You Tube and public domain. In 1965 the production of the Soviet ocean liner the MS Aleksandr Pushkin was...

In the fall of 1960 the great revolutionary leader Che Guevara went on a diplomatic mission that saw him visit a number of socialist...

Karl Marx, " the greatest living thinker" died March 14, 1883 On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest...

with the Nikstukas Cocktail and Potato Horns The photo above is of the Solnyshko (Baby Sun) Café in the far northern Soviet city of...

Photos of Revolutionary Russia #50 Krupskaya with the North Caucus delegates at the All-Union Women's Congress, 1927 -- Photos of...

Photos of Revolutionary Russia #49 Mass Soviet Pioneers rally, 1930 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #49 A large event of the Soviet...

"Having rounded the Earth in a satellite spaceship, I have seen how beautiful our planet is. Let us preserve and multiply this beauty,...

Photos of Revolutionary Russia #48 Demonstration of women demanding equal voting rights, Petrograd, March 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary...

Photos of Revolutionary Russia #47 Lenin speaks at the funeral of Yakov Sverdlov, March 18 1919 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #47...

Photos of Revolutionary Russia #46 Tram lines converge in Strastnaya Square, Moscow 1928 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #46 New tram...

"The developments in the international situation confirm the exploitative, oppressive, aggressive and predatory nature of capitalism and...

Photos of Revolutionary Russia #45 Delegates arrive at the Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets, Moscow, July 1918 -- Photos of...