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    Landscapes of the North -- a folder of 12 Soviet paintings 1966
    Michael Laxer
    • Apr 3
    • 1 min

    Landscapes of the North -- a folder of 12 Soviet paintings 1966

    Published in the USSR in 1966 this folder of art cards had a dozen reproductions of paintings for the early 1960s that depict the spare...
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    The Aleksandr Pushkin and the Montreal-Leningrad Trans-Atlantic line
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 27
    • 4 min

    The Aleksandr Pushkin and the Montreal-Leningrad Trans-Atlantic line

    Photos via Soviet Union Today, You Tube and public domain. In 1965 the production of the Soviet ocean liner the MS Aleksandr Pushkin was...
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    Daily LIFT #419
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 24
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #419

    Workers casting metal for military production in besieged Leningrad, 1942 -- Daily LIFT #419 Under exceptionally difficult circumstances...
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    Leningrad: A photographic exposition of resistance, victory and reconstruction
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 28
    • 2 min

    Leningrad: A photographic exposition of resistance, victory and reconstruction

    On January 27, 1944 the Red Army finally lifted the siege of Leningrad. These contrasting images of the city during the days of the war...
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    Leningrad in winter, 1978
    Michael Laxer
    • Dec 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    Leningrad in winter, 1978

    A look at some of the sights of a snowy Leningrad, 1978. This charming folder of 12 winter postcard images of Leningrad was released in...
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