Michael LaxerMay 41 minV. I. Lenin Sketch, N. Altman 1920Images of Lenin #41 V. I. Lenin sketch, Nathan Altman USSR, 1920 -- Images of Lenin #41 Nathan Altman (b. 1889) was a prominent Soviet...
Michael LaxerFeb 261 minLenin's City is the Most Literate City in the World!Lenin's City is the Most Literate City in the World, Soviet Literacy Poster 1931 Soviet poster noting the great strides in Soviet...
Michael LaxerJan 291 minDaily LIFT #635Tanks produced in Leningrad factories drive straight to the front down the Nevsky Prospekt to try to break the siege, January 1943 --...
Michael LaxerJan 281 minDaily LIFT #634A woman embraces a soldier with joy on the day the Siege of Leningrad was lifted, January 27, 1944 -- Daily LIFT #634 On January 27, 1944...
Michael LaxerJan 161 minDaily LIFT #624Hammer and Sickle at a Leningrad housing complex c. 1985 -- Daily LIFT #624
Michael LaxerAug 17, 20211 minDaily LIFT #515On the Lake Ladoga Road of Life, BV Korneev (1922-1973) Oil on canvas -- Daily LIFT #515 A painting of a Soviet soldier directing traffic...
Michael LaxerMay 27, 20213 minA trip along Leningrad's Nevsky Prospect, USSR 1974The Nevsky Prospect is the most famous street in what is now again called St. Petersburg and this was equally true during the Soviet era....
Michael LaxerApr 3, 20211 minLandscapes of the North -- a folder of 12 Soviet paintings 1966Published in the USSR in 1966 this folder of art cards had a dozen reproductions of paintings for the early 1960s that depict the spare...
Michael LaxerMar 27, 20214 minThe Aleksandr Pushkin and the Montreal-Leningrad Trans-Atlantic linePhotos via Soviet Union Today, You Tube and public domain. In 1965 the production of the Soviet ocean liner the MS Aleksandr Pushkin was...
Michael LaxerMar 24, 20211 minDaily LIFT #419Workers casting metal for military production in besieged Leningrad, 1942 -- Daily LIFT #419 Under exceptionally difficult circumstances...
Michael LaxerJan 28, 20212 minLeningrad: A photographic exposition of resistance, victory and reconstructionOn January 27, 1944 the Red Army finally lifted the siege of Leningrad. These contrasting images of the city during the days of the war...
Michael LaxerDec 27, 20202 minLeningrad in winter, 1978A look at some of the sights of a snowy Leningrad, 1978. This charming folder of 12 winter postcard images of Leningrad was released in...