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Marx and Engels
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Sketch, L. V. Kozlov, USSR 1973 Karl Marx was born May 5, 1818. From a Soviet postcard blurb about Marx &...
Michael Laxer
May 5, 20231 min read


"When the people decide to do so"
Image from KKE headquarters in Greece On April 21 the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) released an English language translation of an...
Michael Laxer
Apr 25, 20233 min read


Daily LIFT #927
Friends - P. P. Parhet, USSR 1947 -- Daily LIFT #927 One of the more evocative and emotionally powerful pieces of Soviet military art....
Michael Laxer
Apr 24, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #926
Marx & Engels Stamps, USSR -- Daily LIFT #926
Michael Laxer
Apr 23, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #925
Proletarians of All Countries Unite! -- painting, L. V. Kozlov, USSR 1973
Michael Laxer
Apr 21, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #923
Master Cannabis Grower Medallion, USSR 1970s -- Daily LIFT #923 While the inscription literally translates as "Master Cannabis" grower...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 20232 min read


All Power to the Soviets! -- The April slogan of the Bolsheviks that changed the world
All Power to Soviets, oil on canvas, V. Ladyzhensky USSR 1972 From the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1979: All Power to the Soviets!...
Michael Laxer
Apr 18, 20232 min read


Daily LIFT #922
"Karl Marx", and "Vladimir Lenin", oil on paper portraits, Aleksei Alekseevich Shovkunenko, USSR -- Daily LIFT #922 From the Great Soviet...
Michael Laxer
Apr 17, 20231 min read


Emanuel Lasker -- Stamps of the GDR #10
Emanuel Lasker -- Stamps of the GDR #10 Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) was a German chess master and thinker who continues to hold the...
Michael Laxer
Apr 17, 20231 min read


Art and Artists of the Soviet Crimea, 1957 -- 15 Paintings
Published in 1957 in the USSR this folder of 15 cards looked at the art and artists of the Soviet Crimea. The works here were painted...
Michael Laxer
Apr 10, 20232 min read


Daily LIFT #914
Changing of the Guard at the Komsomol-Pioneer Post in Heroes Square, Novorossiysk USSR, 1978 -- Daily LIFT #914 To see more photos of...
Michael Laxer
Apr 2, 20231 min read


Soviet Stamp in Honour of Manolis Glezos
Soviet Stamp in Honour of Manolis Glezos, 1959 Manolis Glezos was a legendary Greek resistance fighter. On 30 May, 1941 Glezos and...
Michael Laxer
Mar 30, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #911
Maxim Gorky on the Volga, painting Vladimir Serov , 1951 -- Daily LIFT #911 The great Maxim Gorky was born March 28, 1868. According to...
Michael Laxer
Mar 28, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #906
Mass rally in Red Square in celebration of Yuri Gagarin's historic first flight into space, Moscow, USSR 1961 -- Daily LIFT #906
Michael Laxer
Mar 21, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #901
Senior Sergeant Vera Mitushina and Corporal Natasha Zalko of the Soviet Red Army, March 1944 -- Daily LIFT #901 They were students at the...
Michael Laxer
Mar 13, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #897
Fidel Castro rabbit hunting in the USSR, 1964 -- Daily LIFT #897
Michael Laxer
Mar 9, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #894
The Cobblestone Is the Weapon of the Proletariat (1927), sculpture, Ivan Shadr, USSR -- Daily LIFT #894 From USSR Magazine, March 1963:...
Michael Laxer
Mar 5, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #892
Marx and Engels writing the Communist Manifesto, Vitaly Polyakov (1925-1997) USSR 1961 -- Daily LIFT #892 Vitaly Polyakov was a Soviet...
Michael Laxer
Mar 1, 20231 min read


Soviet power established in Georgia: February 25, 1921
The State Emblem of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic atop the Republic's flag. On February 25, 1921 the Red Army forces of the...
Michael Laxer
Feb 25, 202315 min read


Daily LIFT #885
Lenin image w. the quote "The Party is the intelligence, honour and conscience of our times". USSR poster, February, 1981 -- Daily LIFT...
Michael Laxer
Feb 17, 20231 min read
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