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Daily LIFT #630
Lenin Monument erected in the wake of the Great Patriotic War, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR 1948 -- Daily LIFT #630
Michael Laxer
Jan 21, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #626
Still from a film showing Lenin saying good-by to American economist Parley P. Christensen after a talk in the Kremlin, 1921 -- Daily...
Michael Laxer
Jan 17, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #621
Lenin doing volunteer work during a Subbotnik, Moscow, May 1, 1920 -- Daily LIFT #621 You can read more about this at: Three...
Michael Laxer
Jan 10, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #620
Gorky and Lenin in conversation, sketch USSR 1947 -- Daily LIFT #620
Michael Laxer
Jan 9, 20221 min read


A talk with Lenin: An American in Moscow, 1921
An account of the visit of progressive American economist and former presidential candidate Parley Christensen to meet Lenin in Moscow,...
Michael Laxer
Jan 8, 20223 min read


Daily LIFT #619
Soviet artist Pyotr Vasilyev at work in his Moscow studio, 1947 -- Daily LIFT #619 Vasilyev (1899 – 1975) was a famed Soviet artist known...
Michael Laxer
Jan 7, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #618
Lenin on a Speaker's Platform, Alexandr Gerasimov (1881-1963), USSR 1930 Also know as Lenin on a Tribune, this painting by Gerasimov was...
Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #617
Marxism-Leninism the Guiding Star of Workers and Working People All Over the World, Soviet poster, 1961 -- Daily LIFT #617
Michael Laxer
Jan 4, 20221 min read


USSR formed, December 30 1922: A look at its founding congress and decades of progress
Cover of Soviet Life Magazine in honour of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, December 1982 Today marks the anniversary...
Michael Laxer
Dec 30, 20217 min read


Lenin: Three historic photos and their stories
During the centennial year of Lenin's birth, 1970, Mikhail Yeryomin, a retired Soviet Major-General who was then working for the...
Michael Laxer
Dec 29, 20215 min read


Lenin: Four rare photos
Published in the Soviet press for the 100th anniversary of Lenin's birth (April 1970) these were four photographs of Lenin that had been...
Michael Laxer
Dec 21, 20212 min read


Daily LIFT #603
Lenin Explains the Tasks Ahead of the Young Soviet State at Revolutionary Headquarters, USSR 1958 -- Daily LIFT #603
Michael Laxer
Dec 17, 20211 min read


Artistic views of the October Revolution
The Revolution Has Been Carried Out by Boris Ioganson "Boris loganson in his The Revolution Has Been Carried Out painted Lenin announcing...
Michael Laxer
Dec 17, 20212 min read


Daily LIFT #602
Proletarians of All Countries Unite! Communist and Workers’ Parties Will Develop International Cooperation and Solidarity On the...
Michael Laxer
Dec 16, 20211 min read


Three reminiscences of Lenin
Remembrances of Lenin's return from exile in 1900, his Subbotnik work in 1920 and his love of music, written by his sister, the maid he...
Michael Laxer
Nov 27, 20217 min read


Remembering Uncle Lenin
A sketch of Lenin with children A remembrance of Lenin by his nephew, Victor Ulyanov published in English by the Soviet magazine USSR in...
Michael Laxer
Nov 23, 20213 min read


Daily LIFT #585
Forward to the Victory of Communism!, poster, USSR 1960 -- Daily LIFT #585
Michael Laxer
Nov 23, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #583
Lenin Monument, Moscow, USSR 1985 -- Daily LIFT #583
Michael Laxer
Nov 20, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #580
Lenin with Workers on the Square, painting 1979 , Soviet Ukrainian artist Leonty Koshtelyanchuk -- Daily LIFT #580 The chief point which...
Michael Laxer
Nov 17, 20212 min read


Daily LIFT #578
Vladimir Lenin in Smolny, painting Isaak Brodsky, USSR 1930 -- Daily LIFT #578 Of course, the proletarian revolution had to start from...
Michael Laxer
Nov 15, 20212 min read
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