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Daily LIFT #671
Lenin Statue at the DneproGES Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, Ukrainian SSR, USSR 1972
Michael Laxer
Mar 13, 20221 min read


Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic formed March 12, 1922
National Emblem of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic 1922-1936 -- Daily LIFT #670 The National Emblem of the ...
Michael Laxer
Mar 12, 20221 min read


Che Guevara: 32 images from 1940-1967
Over the course of February we shared daily photos of Che Guevara, iconic revolutionary leader and hero. These came from a Soviet archive...
Michael Laxer
Mar 10, 20226 min read


Daily LIFT #668
Comrades Yuri Gagarin and Nikita Khrushchev embrace in Moscow days after Gagarin's historic flight into space -- Daily LIFT #668 Gagarin...
Michael Laxer
Mar 9, 20221 min read


Yuri Gagarin in his own words
. Yuri Gagarin, his wife Valentina Ivanovna and Nikita Khrushchev during a parade after his triumphant flight. In honour of the birth...
Michael Laxer
Mar 9, 20225 min read


Daily LIFT #667
PEACE -- Soviet Stamp, 1962 -- Daily LIFT #667
Michael Laxer
Mar 8, 20221 min read


Six pieces of contemporary Soviet art, 1956-1970
In March, 1976 Soviet Life magazine published this look at six artworks from Soviet artists of the period 1956-1970. While they have...
Michael Laxer
Mar 8, 20223 min read


Daily LIFT #666
USSR at 56, Soviet Folk Art, 1973 -- Daily LIFT #666 A marvelous piece of Soviet folk art celebrating 56 years of Soviet power. It was an...
Michael Laxer
Mar 7, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #665
Soviet anti-nuke poster, 1980s -- Daily LIFT #665
Michael Laxer
Mar 6, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #664
Anti-Nuke poster, USSR c. 1984 -- Daily LIFT #664
Michael Laxer
Mar 5, 20221 min read


Visiting the Carpathian Mountains region of Soviet Ukraine, 1973
This postcard packet was produced in the USSR in 1973 and featured views of cities, attractions, natural settings, etc. of the western...
Michael Laxer
Mar 5, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #661
Mass demonstration in Kiev celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Ukrainian SSR, December 24th, 1967 -- Daily LIFT #661
Michael Laxer
Mar 2, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #660
State Emblem of the Ukrainian S.S.R., from the Encyclopedia of Soviet Ukraine, 1968 -- Daily LIFT #660 "The state emblem of the Ukrainian...
Michael Laxer
Mar 1, 20221 min read


Nadezhda Krupskaya, b. February 26, 1869
"I am very happy that I experienced the revolution. I love the work I am doing. I had a wonderful personal life. If I were to begin life...
Michael Laxer
Feb 26, 20225 min read


Daily LIFT #658
Red Army troops after liberating Tbilisi (then know as Tiflis) February 25, 1921 -- Daily LIFT #658 On February 25, 1921 the Red Army...
Michael Laxer
Feb 25, 20221 min read


Lenin's City is the Most Literate City in the World!
Lenin's City is the Most Literate City in the World, Soviet Literacy Poster 1931 Soviet poster noting the great strides in Soviet...
Michael Laxer
Feb 25, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #657
State Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR at the Ukrainian Pavilion of the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, Moscow USSR -- Daily...
Michael Laxer
Feb 24, 20221 min read


Red Army Day, 1944
Crossing the Dnieper - Woodcut, V. I. Masyk February 23 was Red Army Day in the former USSR. It celebrated the formation of the Red Army...
Michael Laxer
Feb 23, 20228 min read


Daily LIFT #656
The Potemkin Stairs, Odessa Ukrainian SSR, USSR 1982 -- Daily LIFT #656
Michael Laxer
Feb 22, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #652
V. I. Lenin Square -- Stavropol, USSR 1972 -- Daily LIFT #652
Michael Laxer
Feb 17, 20221 min read
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