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Lenin at the Soviet Palace of the Congresses, 1961
The Lenin Curtain in the Kremlin Palace of the Congresses, Moscow, USSR 1961 The stunning Lenin Curtain that hung at the USSR's Palace of...
Michael Laxer
Jun 12, 20242 min read
Daily LIFT #1370
Lenin portrait, tempura on cotton, Marzan Sharav, Mongolia 1922 -- Daily LIFT #1370
Michael Laxer
Jun 11, 20241 min read
Lenin: Portrait of a new type of leader
An interesting and powerful portrait of Lenin's personality from the Soviet journal Kommunist in 1984. Everyone who was in close contact...
Michael Laxer
Jun 8, 20246 min read
Daily LIFT #1367
Lenin Badge of the Soviet Komsomol & Order of the October Revolution -- Daily LIFT #1367 Art for the 50th Anniversary of the Soviet...
Michael Laxer
Jun 8, 20241 min read
Daily LIFT #1355
Closeup of Lenin among the delegates to the Tenth All-Russia Conference of the R.C.P.(B) in the Sverdlovsk Hall of the Kremlin, Moscow --...
Michael Laxer
May 26, 20241 min read
Daily LIFT #1354
Lenin and others in Red Square for the military parade and speeches, May 25, 1919 -- Daily LIFT #1354
Michael Laxer
May 25, 20241 min read
Daily LIFT #1345
Lenin in Gorki talking with the peasants, drawing, Pyotr Vasilyev, USSR 1943 -- Daily LIFT #1345 Vasilyev (1899 – 1975) was a member of...
Michael Laxer
May 15, 20241 min read
The character of capitalism
Vladimir Lenin at the 2nd Congress of the RSDLP in 1903, painting, Sergei Arsenevich Vinogradov Back in 1903 the Russian...
Michael Laxer
May 14, 20243 min read
Daily LIFT #1344
Lenin and Krupskaya, painting, Viktor Nikolaevich Pegov USSR -- Daily LIFT #1344
Michael Laxer
May 13, 20241 min read
Daily LIFT #1342
Lenin Monument, Ivanov, USSR 1974 -- Daily LIFT #1342
Michael Laxer
May 11, 20241 min read
Lenin in Sverdlov Square, May 5, 1920
On May 5, 1920 Lenin gave his famous "Speech To Men Of The Red Army Leaving For The Polish Front". It is not the speech itself that is...
Michael Laxer
May 5, 20242 min read
Daily LIFT #1223
Lenin Centennial Stamp Design, USSR 1970 -- Daily LIFT #1223 With a portrait by Nikolay Andreyev and the words "The Name of Vladimir...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 20241 min read
Amílcar Cabral in Moscow 1971: Speech at the 24th Congress of the CPSU
Cabral, on the left, with another delegate to the Congress in Moscow, 1971 The immortal and unique genius of Lenin and his teachings are...
Michael Laxer
Apr 13, 20244 min read
Ulan-Ude 1973: Home of the Soviet Union's (and the world's) largest Lenin bust
The Lenin Bust in the Square of the Soviets Ulan-Ude is a city that lies in the Siberian Far East near Lake Baikal and the Mongolian...
Michael Laxer
Apr 3, 20242 min read
Maxim Gorky b. March 28, 1868
Gorky and Lenin in conversation, sketch USSR 1947 The great Maxim Gorky was born March 28, 1868. According to USSR Magazine in March,...
Michael Laxer
Mar 28, 202412 min read
Daily LIFT #1205
Lenin among the delegates of the III Congress of Komsomol, oil painting, Pyotr Petrovich Belousov (1912-1989), USSR 1947 -- Daily LIFT...
Michael Laxer
Mar 27, 20241 min read
Hold High the Flag of Socialism - Communism: The Red Flag of Lenin
From the Communist Party of Greece (KKE): The political, trade union, ideological and cultural action of the KKE continues unabated. The...
Michael Laxer
Mar 25, 20248 min read
She dedicated herself to the Revolution: The story of Jeanne-Marie Labourbe
A look at the courageous life and terrible execution of French Bolshevik revolutionary Jeanne-Marie Labourbe (1877-1919) who worked among...
Michael Laxer
Mar 24, 202410 min read
Daily LIFT #1197
Gorky and Lenin on Capri, Alexandr Nazarenko, USSR 1983-- Daily LIFT #1197
Michael Laxer
Mar 19, 20241 min read
Daily LIFT #1196
On Red Square, Abram Veksler, USSR 1970s -- Daily LIFT #1196
Michael Laxer
Mar 18, 20241 min read
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