Michael Laxer
Daily LIFT #350
Tatra tram cars on Lenin Ave., Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR, 1968 -- Daily LIFT #350
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Michael Laxer
- Dec 13, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #346
For Peace, National Independence, Democracy, Social Progress - Soviet Poster 1976 -- Daily LIFT #346
Michael Laxer
- Dec 13, 2020
- 6 min
The state of the Soviet Union, December 1982
An overview of the accomplishments of Soviet socialism that was published for the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR,...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 12, 2020
- 1 min
Summer, 1959-1960, Arkady Plastov (1893-1972) USSR
Summer, 1959-1960, Arkady Plastov (1893-1972) USSR Plastov, an Order of Lenin, Lenin and Stalin Prize winner was a leader of a movement...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 12, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #345
A Red Army contingent marches through Red Square to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the revolution, Moscow November 7, 1922 -- Daily...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 11, 2020
- 1 min
Shuliavka Workers' Republic Proclaimed, Kiev December 11, 1905
Soviet stamp celebrating the 60th anniversary of 1905 On December 11, 1905 the Shuliavka Workers' Republic was proclaimed by the Council...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 6, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT# 340
Wall mural, Volgograd USSR 1968 -- Daily LIFT #340
Michael Laxer
- Dec 3, 2020
- 1 min
Soviet Life Russian Cuisine 1968 -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. Pirozhki, Shashlik, Beef Stroganoff, Chicken Kiev and more. Vasara Restaurant, USSR 1978 In July, 1968 the English language magazine...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
The art of Yuri Raksha, b. December 2, 1937
A look at the Soviet artist whose promise was tragically cut short when he died at age 42 in 1980. Born December 2, 1937, Soviet artist...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 29, 2020
- 1 min
"You can't hang us all. They will avenge me."
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, murdered November 29, 1941 "You hang me now, but I'm not alone. There are 200 million of us. You can't hang us...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 27, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #334
Red Army troops fight to retake the city of Rostov-on-Don, November 27, 1941 -- Daily LIFT #334 On November 27, 1941 the Red Army's 37th...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 26, 2020
- 3 min
The art of Yuri Pimenov, People's Artist of the USSR
On the anniversary of his birth (November 26, 1903) we revisit Pimenov's work through 50 of his best pieces. Yuri Pimenov, one of the...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
Socialism and profit
An excerpt from Profit and "Profits", article by Soviet economist Evsei Liberman, Soviet Union Today 1966 Profit is the difference...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 22, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #331
"During an influenza outbreak it is recommended to work in a mask", Soviet health poster/advertisement, 1963 -- Daily LIFT #331 Comrades,...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 17, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #328
"The City of Workers", Viktor Zaretsky (1925-1990), USSR, 1979 -- Daily LIFT #328 Zaretsky was born close to Kharkov in the Ukrainian...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 15, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #326
Yuri Gagarin (left) and M. Keldysh, President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (centre) present the cosmonauts of Voskhod 1 (...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 15, 2020
- 7 min
A look at Soviet housing policy & philosophy, 1982
A look at the deeply humanistic Soviet attitude towards housing in the early 1980s. Well-Built and Ahead of Schedule!, Soviet housing...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 14, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #325
Peace for the Planet, Triptych, USSR 1982, Irina Chevereva & Vladimir Arlashin -- Daily LIFT #325
Michael Laxer
- Nov 13, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #324
T-34 Tank Monument in Honour of the Mongolian Revolutionary Tank Brigade, Ulan Bator 1976 -- Daily LIFT #324 The 112th "Revolutionary...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 9, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #321
Red Army troops march through Red Square on the 24th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, November 7, 1941 -- Daily...
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