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    Daily LIFT #734
    Michael Laxer
    • Jun 16
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #734

    Nikita Khrushchev with Valentina Tereshkova, Yuri Gagarin and other Soviet cosmonauts in Moscow's Red Square on June 22, 1963 -- Daily...
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    Dinner at a Soviet factory cafeteria, 1963
    Michael Laxer
    • May 26
    • 8 min

    Dinner at a Soviet factory cafeteria, 1963

    The cafeteria at the "Mosstroytrans" Trucking Depot No. 1, Moscow c. 1979 A fascinating bit of Soviet social history, this article from...
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    First Flight: Gagarin goes into space April 12, 1961
    Michael Laxer
    • Apr 12
    • 2 min

    First Flight: Gagarin goes into space April 12, 1961

    Soviet photos, statements and accounts of the historic launch and the days that followed. On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first...
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    Daily LIFT #685
    Michael Laxer
    • Apr 6
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #685

    Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev in Red Square, Moscow USSR, May Day 1963 -- Daily LIFT #685
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    Daily LIFT #668
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 10
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #668

    Comrades Yuri Gagarin and Nikita Khrushchev embrace in Moscow days after Gagarin's historic flight into space -- Daily LIFT #668 Gagarin...
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    Yuri Gagarin in his own words
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 10
    • 5 min

    Yuri Gagarin in his own words

    . Yuri Gagarin, his wife Valentina Ivanovna and Nikita Khrushchev during a parade after his triumphant flight. In honour of the birth...
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    Soviet 1963: Memorable events
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 22
    • 9 min

    Soviet 1963: Memorable events

    As we have noted before, the 1960s was arguably the beginning of a "Golden Age" in the history of the USSR as it launched into an era of...
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    Daily LIFT #625
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 17
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #625

    Khrushchev, Mao and Ho Chi Minh share a drink, 1959 -- Daily LIFT #625
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    Soviet 1960: A year in the life of the USSR in pictures
    Michael Laxer
    • Nov 6, 2021
    • 9 min

    Soviet 1960: A year in the life of the USSR in pictures

    1960 was arguably the beginning of a "Golden Age" in the history of the USSR as it launched into an era of rapid development socially,...
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    Daily LIFT #525
    Michael Laxer
    • Aug 31, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #525

    Castro lights a cigar during a meeting with Khrushchev under the watchful eye of Karl Marx during a trip to the USSR, 1963 -- Daily LIFT...
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    Solidarity with revolutionary Cuba!
    Michael Laxer
    • Aug 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Solidarity with revolutionary Cuba!

    Today, the Latin American peoples are showing by their struggle that the American continent is not a preserve of the U.S.A. Latin America...
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    Daily LIFT #494
    Michael Laxer
    • Jul 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #494

    Nikita Khrushchev, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Soong Ching-ling dine together, 1959 -- Daily LIFT #494
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    Daily LIFT #414
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 18, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #414

    Khrushchev and Castro meet for the first time, New York, 1960 -- Daily LIFT #414 Khrushchev commented on how they "enclosed each other in...
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    Daily LIFT #308
    Michael Laxer
    • Oct 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #308

    Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev enjoy some Georgian wine, Georgian SSR, USSR, 1963 -- Daily LIFT #308
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