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...

w. Moscow Borsch, Ukrainian Borsch, Borsch with Dried White Mushrooms and Prunes, Summer Borsch and Cold Beetroot Soup. Stock photo These...

As we have noted before, the 1960s was arguably the beginning of a "Golden Age" in the history of the USSR as it launched into an era of...

Crowds assemble at the Kremlin Palace of the Congresses for a showing of The Defiant Ones during the Third Moscow International Film...

Hammer and Sickle at a Leningrad housing complex c. 1985 -- Daily LIFT #624

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it." - Karl Marx, Soviet collage by...

The Party of Labour of Austria looks back at the catastrophe that was the collapse of the USSR and Socialist Bloc in this exceptional...

Soviet artist Pyotr Vasilyev at work in his Moscow studio, 1947 -- Daily LIFT #619 Vasilyev (1899 – 1975) was a famed Soviet artist known...

Marxism-Leninism the Guiding Star of Workers and Working People All Over the World, Soviet poster, 1961 -- Daily LIFT #617

Ho Chi Minh on a visit to a Soviet children's camp, August 1957 -- Daily LIFT #616

Forward, to the victory of Communism!, Soviet poster -- Daily LIFT #614 Today is the anniversary of the formation of the USSR, December...

w. Estonian Pork chops, Pig's Feet, Pork Roast, Tallinn Steak Schnitzel and the Old Toomas Cocktail. From the November, 1970 issue of...

Cover of Soviet Life Magazine in honour of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, December 1982 Today marks the anniversary...

Gymnasts perform during the USSR-USA track and field meet in Moscow, summer 1958 -- Daily LIFT #610 The meet was held in front of 60,000...

A celebration of the season around a giant holiday tree, Moscow USSR, 1957 -- Daily LIFT #609 From all of us at The Left Chapter to all...

1941, painting Viktor Ni (1934-1979), USSR 1969 -- Daily LIFT #608 Haunting artistic evocation of the start of the Great Patriotic War in...

Mao addresses the November 1957 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties in Moscow, USSR -- Daily LIFT #604

Lenin Explains the Tasks Ahead of the Young Soviet State at Revolutionary Headquarters, USSR 1958 -- Daily LIFT #603

The Revolution Has Been Carried Out by Boris Ioganson "Boris loganson in his The Revolution Has Been Carried Out painted Lenin announcing...

Proletarians of All Countries Unite! Communist and Workers’ Parties Will Develop International Cooperation and Solidarity On the...