Michael LaxerNov 3, 20221 minDaily LIFT #827Stamp in honour of the launch of Sputnik 2, Czechoslovakia -- Daily LIFT #827 Sputnik 2, the second spacecraft to enter Earth's orbit was...
Michael LaxerOct 4, 20225 minSputnik I launched, October 4, 1957"The Country of October is the Birthplace of Cosmonautics", Soviet poster On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union stunned the world by...
Michael LaxerSep 22, 20217 minKonstantin Feoktistov on the Spaceships of Today and Tomorrow, 1968Konstantin Feoktistov in the Voskhod spaceship. Konstantin Feoktistov was a Soviet space engineer and cosmonaut who had a truly...
Michael LaxerApr 15, 20211 minDaily LIFT #435Monument in honour of the launch of the Sputnik satellite, Leninskiy Prospect metro station, Moscow USSR c. 1980 -- Daily LIFT #435
Michael LaxerMar 11, 20212 minThe Fairy Tale Cafes of the USSR -- Vintage Cookbook TBTwith the Nikstukas Cocktail and Potato Horns The photo above is of the Solnyshko (Baby Sun) Café in the far northern Soviet city of...
Michael LaxerFeb 4, 20211 minQuick to Make, Delicious to Eat: Some Dishes from Latvia -- Vintage Cookbook TBTw. Latvian Style Steak and Onion, the Riga Cutlet, Bread Soup & more. Last week we looked at the Soviet English language magazine Sputnik...