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Yuri Gagarin's letter to a young Canadian
Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova (the first woman in space) sign autographs and chat with young people at a youth forum, 1964 As we all...
Michael Laxer
Sep 25, 20214 min read


Daily LIFT #542
Building New Industries, montage, Victor Tyrtyshnikov USSR 1963 -- Daily LIFT #542
Michael Laxer
Sep 23, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #541
Soviet Young Pioneers ride aboard a locomotive built in part with scrap metal they collected, 1963, USSR -- Daily LIFT #541 From the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 22, 20211 min read


Konstantin Feoktistov on the Spaceships of Today and Tomorrow, 1968
Konstantin Feoktistov in the Voskhod spaceship. Konstantin Feoktistov was a Soviet space engineer and cosmonaut who had a truly...
Michael Laxer
Sep 22, 20217 min read


Fyodor Poletaev: Partisan hero of both Italy and the USSR
Soviet stamp in honour of Fyodor Poletaev, a partisan hero of both Italy and the USSR, 1963 Poletaev's story is remarkable. In the summer...
Michael Laxer
Sep 16, 20211 min read


Armenian Cuisine 1977, Soviet Life
w. Eggplant and Salad, Echmiadzin Bozbash and Tolma Wrapped in Grape Leaves From "Still Life With Garlic", painting 1962 Akop Tigranovich...
Michael Laxer
Sep 16, 20212 min read


Daily LIFT #536
Illustration of the Order of Lenin, the highest Soviet award for extraordinary achievement, 1964 -- Daily LIFT #536
Michael Laxer
Sep 14, 20211 min read


"They Stand Guard": An example from the USSR of how to counter an outbreak
In 1960 the Soviet Union provided a clear example of how to respond to a major public health threat. Do it quickly and effectively. This...
Michael Laxer
Aug 31, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #525
Castro lights a cigar during a meeting with Khrushchev under the watchful eye of Karl Marx during a trip to the USSR, 1963 -- Daily LIFT...
Michael Laxer
Aug 30, 20211 min read


Soviet Life's Ukrainian Cuisine 1969
w. Cherry Vareniki, Galushki, Kievsky Salad and Borsch, Ukrainian style. In the December, 1969 issue of the English language magazine...
Michael Laxer
Aug 26, 20214 min read


Daily LIFT #521
Fidel Castro in conversation with Spanish Communist hero Dolores Ibárruri in her Moscow apartment, USSR 1963 -- Daily LIFT #521 Ibárruri...
Michael Laxer
Aug 25, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #518
Lenin memorial poster, USSR 1924 -- Daily LIFT #518 The poster by N. Olshansky has two inscriptions that read "Lenin is the weapon of the...
Michael Laxer
Aug 20, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #517
Angela Davis with Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, during a visit to the USSR, 1972 -- Daily LIFT #517
Michael Laxer
Aug 19, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #516
Cover of Lenin on Educating the Youth, published for the centennial of his birth, USSR 1970 -- Daily LIFT #516 Two quotes from Lenin...
Michael Laxer
Aug 18, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #515
On the Lake Ladoga Road of Life, BV Korneev (1922-1973) Oil on canvas -- Daily LIFT #515 A painting of a Soviet soldier directing traffic...
Michael Laxer
Aug 16, 20211 min read


Artek: The vast Soviet internationalist complex of children's camps
An in-depth look at the Soviet Artek Pioneer youth camp, a sprawling internationalist complex of ten sub-camps and various facilities...
Michael Laxer
Aug 16, 202118 min read


Daily LIFT #509
Lenin Square, Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR August 1971 -- Daily LIFT #509
Michael Laxer
Aug 5, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #508
Monument to the Hero Members of the Young Communist League, Frunze, Kirghiz SSR 1970 -- Daily LIFT #508
Michael Laxer
Aug 4, 20211 min read


Solidarity with revolutionary Cuba!
Today, the Latin American peoples are showing by their struggle that the American continent is not a preserve of the U.S.A. Latin America...
Michael Laxer
Aug 4, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #505
Peace, linocut, Vladimir Favorsky (1886-1964) USSR 1961 -- Daily LIFT #505 Favorsky was name a People’s Artist of the USSR and was a...
Michael Laxer
Aug 1, 20211 min read
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