Michael Laxer
Stalingrad: The Turning Point of World War Two - February 2, 1943
On this day in 1943 the last of the Nazi generals at Stalingrad (General Strecker) surrendered. The Soviet Red Army, after the largest...
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Michael Laxer
- Jan 30
- 13 min
Red Review #83 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the USA, Swaziland, Peru, Australia, India, Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere. There is also a section related to news from the...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 27
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #871
The great Spanish Communist leader Dolores Ibarruri and the monument-ensemble sculptor, laureate of the Lenin Prize E. V. Vuchetich on...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Leningrad encirclement broken, January 18, 1943
From the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad Today marks the 80th anniversary of the day the Red Army first broke through the...
Michael Laxer
- Sep 17, 2022
- 3 min
Bryansk liberated by Red Army, Sept. 17 1943
Monument of Glory to the Soldiers and Partisans - Liberators of Bryansk, USSR 1973 On September 17, 1943 the forces of the Red Army...
Michael Laxer
- Jul 14, 2022
- 1 min
Happy Bastille Day!
Happy Bastille Day! Coming again soon to a country near you.
Michael Laxer
- Jul 4, 2022
- 2 min
Minsk liberated, July 4, 1944
Red Army troops in central Minsk after the liberation of the city, July 4, 1944 In early July, 1944 Red Army forces were driving forward...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 13, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #690
Red Army soldier atop the City Hall after Vienna was liberated, April 13, 1945 -- Daily LIFT #690 You can learn more about the liberation...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 23, 2022
- 8 min
Red Army Day, 1944
Crossing the Dnieper - Woodcut, V. I. Masyk February 23 was Red Army Day in the former USSR. It celebrated the formation of the Red Army...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 5, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #641
Tanks of the column " For Soviet Estonia", February 1944 -- Daily LIFT #641 Built with funds collected by evacuated Estonian citizens,...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 29, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #636
Soviet guerilla commanders plan operations behind the lines, January 1944 -- Daily LIFT #636 The commanders of the guerilla unit, all...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #634
A 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 Laxer
- Jan 19, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #628
Red Army liberates the Polish city of Lodz, January 19, 1945 -- Daily LIFT #628 When the Red Army liberated the city they also liberated...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 22, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #607
Red Army cavalry in the early days of the civil war -- Daily LIFT #607 Comrades, by your labor and sacrifice you have saved the cause of...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 5, 2021
- 5 min
Red Army stops the Nazis at the gates of Moscow, Dec. 5 1941
On December 5, 1941 the Red Army launched a counter-offensive against the Nazi invaders at the very gates of Moscow. This was totally...
Michael Laxer
- Jul 4, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #488
Red soldiers during the Bolshevik Revolution, drawing, Vladimir Semyonov USSR -- Daily LIFT #488
Michael Laxer
- Jun 22, 2021
- 15 min
The heroic defense of the Brest Fortress, June 22 1941
An Soviet account of the incredible bravery of the Red Army garrison in the opening days of the Nazi invasion. The Courage Monument in...
Michael Laxer
- May 7, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #451
Soviet troops celebrate the liberation of Sevastopol, May 1944 -- Daily LIFT #451 Between May 5-7, 1944 the Red Army troops of the...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 13, 2021
- 3 min
Vienna liberated by the Red Army, April 13, 1945
Heroes' Monument of the Red Army, Vienna Today is the anniversary of the liberation of Vienna by the Red Army. In 2020, on the occasion...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 12, 2021
- 1 min
Red Forces Win at the Battle of Volochayevka, February 12, 1922
Art and Memorial Photos, USSR 1972 Part of a Battle of Volochayevka Diorama On February 12, 1922 the Red fighters of the People's...
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