Monument of Glory to the Soldiers and Partisans - Liberators of Bryansk, USSR 1973 On September 17, 1943 the forces of the Red Army...

Lenin, Soviet Poster 1969 -- Daily LIFT #796

The city of Vancouver, Washington (now with a population of around 190,000) in the United States has a monument and major street...

On September 14, 1959 the Soviet Luna 2 spacecraft became the first in history to reach the surface of the moon and in doing so the first...

At the Lenin Museum, Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR 1978 -- Daily LIFT #790

Let us strengthen the class solidarity and cooperation of all communists of all countries in the struggle for peace and socialism, poster...

Opening ceremonies of the Second Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, Moscow, August 1959 -- Daily LIFT #787 The Spartakiad was a...

"I might say that communism destroyed itself, that it committed suicide in the USSR, and that it had no reason for committing suicide. It...

The Feat of the Soviet People is Immortal, poster, USSR 1980s -- Daily LIFT #784 The poster celebrated the victory of all the united...

Soviet stamp for the 150th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth -- Daily LIFT #783

Maxim Gorky with a group of Soviet schoolchildren, early 1930s -- Daily LIFT #780. From a History of the Soviet Union, 1968: "Maxim Gorky...

On August 20, 1918 Lenin wrote his famous "Letter to American Workers". The Bolshevik Revolution was in a difficult and dangerous...

Today we are going to take a look at the Soviet Black Sea resort city of Sochi with photos and information from 1962, 1972 and 1978. With...

Emblem of the Tuvan People's Republic (1933-1939) The Tuvan People's Republic was formed on August 14, 1921. It was one of three...

In 1958 the Belgian city of Brussels hosted the World's Fair. The USSR had what was by all accounts a spectacular pavilion from the...

USSR: Bulwark of Peace, Moscow 1988 -- Daily LIFT #770 Magnificent sculpture structure that went through many variations during the the...

"May 1: Glory to the Great Soviet Union, the Standard Bearer of Peace!", poster USSR 1951 -- Daily LIFT #769

Mass rally at the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow USSR, 1985 -- Daily LIFT #768 The 12th World Festival of Youth and...

Youth, Alexei Tertyshnikov and Igor Kravtsov, USSR 1962 -- Daily LIFT #767

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