Michael Laxer
Battle of Kursk remembered, July 1983
Marshals of the Soviet Union remember the great triumph of the Red Army in July-August 1943 that ended all Nazi hopes for victory on the...
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Michael Laxer
- Jun 4
- 2 min
Stalingrad: Hero City of the USSR
The Motherland Calls Memorial Complex, Volgograd (Stalingrad), USSR From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 6
- 7 min
General strikes in France & Britain: Red Review #84 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, Britain, Ecuador, India, Venezuela, Vietnam, Russia, Belgium and elsewhere. Communists marching in the British...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 3
- 3 min
KKE commemorates victory at Stalingrad, condemns destruction of memorials to Red Army
The Motherland Calls Memorial Complex in Volgograd (Stalingrad) The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) paid tribute to the victory of the...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 2
- 1 min
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...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 26
- 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
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
Vasily Zaitsev instructs other Soviet snipers, Stalingrad, December 1942
Vasily Zaitsev (far left) instructs other Soviet snipers, Stalingrad, December 1942 Vasily Zaitsev is perhaps the most famous of all the...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 10, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #848
The Motherland Calls memorial complex in Volgograd (Stalingrad), USSR c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #848
Michael Laxer
- May 3, 2022
- 3 min
Children's Railway of Stalingrad, 1949
In early May 1948 -- only just over 5 years after the end of the devastating battle for the city and 3 years after the end of the Second...
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 2, 2022
- 17 min
Stalingrad Year One: A look at the battle and rebuilding from the first anniversary of victory
The two remarkable documents republished here are from the first anniversary of the February 2, 1943 victory. A street in Stalingrad just...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 26, 2022
- 8 min
Mamayev Kurgan: The Stalingrad memorial complex at Soviet Volgograd - Part I
On January 26, 1943 Soviet forces captured the heights of Mamayev Kurgan in the city of Stalingrad from the Nazis ending 135 days of...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #632
Fidel Castro visits Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd (Stalingrad) during the construction of the Motherland Calls memorial complex, USSR 1963...
Michael Laxer
- Sep 28, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #545
On the stairs to the Stalingrad Memorial Complex The Motherland Calls, Volgograd, USSR 1972 -- Daily LIFT #545
Michael Laxer
- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #482
The Motherland Calls Mamayev Kurgan Memorial Complex at Volgograd (Stalingrad) 1975 -- Daily LIFT #482 Tomorrow, June 22, marks the 80th...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 2, 2021
- 4 min
Victory at Stalingrad! - Photos of war, resistance and renaissance
A look at the Hero City of Volgograd / Stalingrad in war and peace. On February 2, 1943 the Nazis left in the city surrendered and the...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #384
Soldier with the victory flag on Mamayev Kurgan, Stalingrad, February 1, 1943 -- Daily LIFT #384 In a photo dated February 1, 1943, a Red...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #381
To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad, Sculptural composition from the Square of Heroes, Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd (Stalingrad), USSR...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 26, 2021
- 7 min
Red Army troops take Mamayev Kurgan, January 26 1943
Decisive moment in the victory at Stalingrad. On January 26, 1943 Soviet forces captured the heights of Mamayev Kurgan in the city of...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 22, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #377
Soviet sculptor and artist Yevgeny Vuchetich in his Moscow studio, 1970 -- Daily LIFT #377 Vuchetich (1908-1974) is regarded by many as...
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