With recipes for borshch, roast meat, salad, Ukraina ice cream and vareniki. From the Soviet press, 1962: UKRAINIANS are very cheerful and hospitable people who like to visit and entertain. The milk and meat, fish and game, berry and vegetable dishes to of this rich farm region tickle the eye and palate simultaneously . Everybody has heard of the famous Ukrainian borshch, but not everybody has had the good fortune to taste it. Here is a recipe to serve 4: 3/4 lb. meat, 3/4 lb

From the Soviet Press, 1962 THE UKRAINE HAS AN OLD and celebrated history and a no less heroic present. Both are commemorated on Soviet...

The Log Jam, painting, Veniamin Kushner, Ukrainian SSR, USSR late 1950s -- Daily LIFT #1578

End of the Shift, painting Vilen Chekanyuk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR late 1950s -- Daily LIFT #1577

Known as the Great Patriotic War in the USSR the Second World War left deep social scars and trauma that it took many years for the...

Kindergarten playground Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR 1983 -- Daily LIFT #1206

Recipes of Soviet Ukraine #2 Scalloped Fish In 1980 a terrific little cookbook was published in the USSR looking at Soviet Ukrainian...

Today we are looking at a folder of panoramic postcards of Kiev, Ukrainian SSR that were released in the lead up to the Olympic Summer...

"Karl Marx", and "Vladimir Lenin", oil on paper portraits, Aleksei Alekseevich Shovkunenko, USSR -- Daily LIFT #922 From the Great Soviet...

Monument to the January Uprising, 1918, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR 1975 -- Daily LIFT #870 In the January Uprising the workers of Kiev...

Memorial Complex to the Victims of Fascism, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR 1975 -- Daily LIFT #862

Vladimir Lenin in October, Oil Painting, F. Samusev 1947 This magnificent, large painting of Lenin in the days of the revolution was...

Triumphant and solemn, the flash of predawn light Has pierced through the gloom of the night Still asleep are the rays of the sun --...

New tractor is delivered to a collective farm, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, spring 1939 -- Daily LIFT #747 The rapid industrialization of the...

Lenin Statue at the DneproGES Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, Ukrainian SSR, USSR 1972

In March, 1976 Soviet Life magazine published this look at six artworks from Soviet artists of the period 1956-1970. While they have...

This postcard packet was produced in the USSR in 1973 and featured views of cities, attractions, natural settings, etc. of the western...

Mass demonstration in Kiev celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Ukrainian SSR, December 24th, 1967 -- Daily LIFT #661

State Emblem of the Ukrainian S.S.R., from the Encyclopedia of Soviet Ukraine, 1968 -- Daily LIFT #660 "The state emblem of the Ukrainian...

State Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR at the Ukrainian Pavilion of the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, Moscow USSR -- Daily...