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Daily LIFT #619
Soviet artist Pyotr Vasilyev at work in his Moscow studio, 1947 -- Daily LIFT #619 Vasilyev (1899 – 1975) was a famed Soviet artist known...
Michael Laxer
Jan 7, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #617
Marxism-Leninism the Guiding Star of Workers and Working People All Over the World, Soviet poster, 1961 -- Daily LIFT #617
Michael Laxer
Jan 4, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #616
Ho Chi Minh on a visit to a Soviet children's camp, August 1957 -- Daily LIFT #616
Michael Laxer
Jan 3, 20221 min read


Daily LIFT #614
Forward, to the victory of Communism!, Soviet poster -- Daily LIFT #614 Today is the anniversary of the formation of the USSR, December...
Michael Laxer
Dec 30, 20211 min read


Soviet Estonian Cuisine 1970 -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. Estonian Pork chops, Pig's Feet, Pork Roast, Tallinn Steak Schnitzel and the Old Toomas Cocktail. From the November, 1970 issue of...
Michael Laxer
Dec 30, 20213 min read


USSR formed, December 30 1922: A look at its founding congress and decades of progress
Cover of Soviet Life Magazine in honour of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, December 1982 Today marks the anniversary...
Michael Laxer
Dec 30, 20217 min read


Daily LIFT #610
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...
Michael Laxer
Dec 25, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #609
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...
Michael Laxer
Dec 24, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #608
1941, painting Viktor Ni (1934-1979), USSR 1969 -- Daily LIFT #608 Haunting artistic evocation of the start of the Great Patriotic War in...
Michael Laxer
Dec 23, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #604
Mao addresses the November 1957 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties in Moscow, USSR -- Daily LIFT #604
Michael Laxer
Dec 18, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #603
Lenin Explains the Tasks Ahead of the Young Soviet State at Revolutionary Headquarters, USSR 1958 -- Daily LIFT #603
Michael Laxer
Dec 17, 20211 min read


Artistic views of the October Revolution
The Revolution Has Been Carried Out by Boris Ioganson "Boris loganson in his The Revolution Has Been Carried Out painted Lenin announcing...
Michael Laxer
Dec 17, 20212 min read


Daily LIFT #602
Proletarians of All Countries Unite! Communist and Workers’ Parties Will Develop International Cooperation and Solidarity On the...
Michael Laxer
Dec 16, 20211 min read


This is the way! - Photos of palaces expropriated by the Bolsheviks for workers
During the Bolshevik revolution and the creation of socialism in the USSR, the grand palaces and estates of the nobility and ruling class...
Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #595
International Women's Day march, Moscow, USSR 1924 -- Daily LIFT #595 After the Bolshevik Revolution International Women's Day was made a...
Michael Laxer
Dec 6, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #594
Soviet soldiers man an air defense gun in Moscow during the Battle of Moscow. In the background can be seen the famous socialist realist...
Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20211 min read


Red Army stops the Nazis at the gates of Moscow, Dec. 5 1941
On December 5, 1941 the Red Army launched a counter-offensive against the Nazi invaders at the very gates of Moscow. This was totally...
Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20215 min read


Daily LIFT #593
The Emblems of the Union of Soviet Republics, 1923 -- Daily LIFT #593 Published on May Day 1923 an illustration that appeared in an organ...
Michael Laxer
Dec 4, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #592
Young Swimmers, Yuri Raksha 1979, USSR -- Daily LIFT #592 Born December 2, 1937, Soviet artist Yuri Raksha's remarkable career in art and...
Michael Laxer
Dec 2, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #590
Hero City of Novorossiysk, Monument to Soldiers, USSR 1979 -- Daily LIFT #590 The city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea was a prominent...
Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20211 min read
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