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Tuvan People's Republic formed, August 14, 1921
Emblem of the Tuvan People's Republic (1933-1939) The Tuvan People's Republic was formed on August 14, 1921. It was one of three...
Michael Laxer
Aug 14, 20222 min read
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Daily LIFT #774
Mao and his daughter Li Min, 1951 -- Daily LIFT #774
Michael Laxer
Aug 12, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #773
March on the Path of Socialism!, poster, Mongolian People's Republic, 1974 -- Daily LIFT #773
Michael Laxer
Aug 10, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #772
Che addresses a meeting at the House of Unions, Moscow, June 1960 -- Daily LIFT #772 Che was addressing a large audience at an event...
Michael Laxer
Aug 9, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #770
USSR: Bulwark of Peace, Moscow 1988 -- Daily LIFT #770 Magnificent sculpture structure that went through many variations during the the...
Michael Laxer
Aug 6, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #769
"May 1: Glory to the Great Soviet Union, the Standard Bearer of Peace!", poster USSR 1951 -- Daily LIFT #769
Michael Laxer
Aug 4, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #768
Mass rally at the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow USSR, 1985 -- Daily LIFT #768 The 12th World Festival of Youth and...
Michael Laxer
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #767
Youth, Alexei Tertyshnikov and Igor Kravtsov, USSR 1962 -- Daily LIFT #767
Michael Laxer
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #766
Two members of a Central Asian musical troupe on tour in the Uzbek SSR, USSR, 1984 -- Daily LIFT #766
Michael Laxer
Aug 1, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #765
Stamp in honour of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rosa Luxemburg, German Democratic Republic 1971 -- Daily LIFT #765
Michael Laxer
Jul 29, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #763
Mao and Khrushchev in Beijing, summer 1958 -- Daily LIFT #763
Michael Laxer
Jul 28, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #762
B. B. King in the USSR, 1979 -- Daily LIFT #762 King toured the USSR in 1979 and played to huge and very appreciative crowds in Moscow,...
Michael Laxer
Jul 25, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #761
V. I. Lenin at the Second Congress of the Communist International -- Daily LIFT #761 The photo is generally believed to be from July 23,...
Michael Laxer
Jul 23, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #760
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, July 22 1932 -- Daily LIFT #760 The photographer, Mikhail Ozersky, in 1963 wrote of the photo that was taken on...
Michael Laxer
Jul 22, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #759
Soviet author Maxim Gorky bids farewell to to French novelist Romain Rolland and his wife after their trip to the USSR, Moscow, July 21...
Michael Laxer
Jul 21, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #758
Lenin among the gathered delegates for the Second Congress of the Communist International, July 1920 -- Daily LIFT #758
Michael Laxer
Jul 20, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #757
V. I. Lenin making a speech at a mass rally during the laying of the foundation stone for a monument to K. Liebknecht and R. Luxemburg,...
Michael Laxer
Jul 19, 20221 min read
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Daily Lift #756
Hammer and Sickle flag at a Communist march in London, UK 1928 -- Daily LIFT #756
Michael Laxer
Jul 18, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #755
Lenin, Moscow, July 1920 -- Daily LIFT #755
Michael Laxer
Jul 16, 20221 min read
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Daily LIFT #754
Che at a chess tournament in Havana -- Daily LIFT #754 Che was an avid, and by all accounts serious, chess player. After the revolution...
Michael Laxer
Jul 13, 20221 min read
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