Stamp in honour of the launch of Sputnik 2, Czechoslovakia -- Daily LIFT #827 Sputnik 2, the second spacecraft to enter Earth's orbit was...

"The Country of October is the Birthplace of Cosmonautics", Soviet poster On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union stunned the world by...

Konstantin Feoktistov in the Voskhod spaceship. Konstantin Feoktistov was a Soviet space engineer and cosmonaut who had a truly...

Monument in honour of the launch of the Sputnik satellite, Leninskiy Prospect metro station, Moscow USSR c. 1980 -- Daily LIFT #435

with the Nikstukas Cocktail and Potato Horns The photo above is of the Solnyshko (Baby Sun) Café in the far northern Soviet city of...

w. Latvian Style Steak and Onion, the Riga Cutlet, Bread Soup & more. Last week we looked at the Soviet English language magazine Sputnik...