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At the Moscow Agricultural Exhibition, 1923
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #33 At the Moscow Agricultural Exhibition, 1923 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #33
Michael Laxer
Feb 19, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #393
Our locomotive goes forward!, Revold Baryshnikov USSR 1972 -- Daily LIFT #393 Baryshnikov (1924-1985) was born in Kharkov and had just...
Michael Laxer
Feb 18, 20211 min read


The first Soviet AMO-F-15 truck in Red Square, 1924
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #32 The first Soviet AMO-F-15 truck in Red Square, 1924 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #32 The first...
Michael Laxer
Feb 18, 20211 min read


Red Forces Win at the Battle of Volochayevka, February 12, 1922
Art and Memorial Photos, USSR 1972 Part of a Battle of Volochayevka Diorama On February 12, 1922 the Red fighters of the People's...
Michael Laxer
Feb 12, 20211 min read


Sacrifice at Krasnodon - February 9, 1943
Monument to the Young Guards in Krasnodon -- erected in the Ukrainian SSR, 1954 On February 9, 1943, five heroic leaders and partisans of...
Michael Laxer
Feb 9, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #387
Red Army Detachment 1919, painting Sergey Luppov (1893-1977) 1928 -- Daily LIFT #387 Luppov's painting shows a Red detachment marching to...
Michael Laxer
Feb 8, 20211 min read


Quick to Make, Delicious to Eat: Some Dishes from Latvia -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. Latvian Style Steak and Onion, the Riga Cutlet, Bread Soup & more. Last week we looked at the Soviet English language magazine Sputnik...
Michael Laxer
Feb 4, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #384
Soldier with the victory flag on Mamayev Kurgan, Stalingrad, February 1, 1943 -- Daily LIFT #384 In a photo dated February 1, 1943, a Red...
Michael Laxer
Feb 1, 20211 min read


Hostile Whirlwinds: The Civil War and the Russian Revolution
A Soviet look at the life-and-death struggle against foreign intervention and counter-revolution that gripped the lands of what was to...
Michael Laxer
Jan 30, 202122 min read


Daily LIFT #381
To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad, Sculptural composition from the Square of Heroes, Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd (Stalingrad), USSR...
Michael Laxer
Jan 28, 20211 min read


Try Eating the Azerbaijanian Way, USSR 1968 -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. Pilau Turshi, Kyufta-Bozbash Soup, Azerbaijanian-Style Fried Meat & more. The Soviet English language magazine Sputnik often had a...
Michael Laxer
Jan 28, 20211 min read


Leningrad: A photographic exposition of resistance, victory and reconstruction
On January 27, 1944 the Red Army finally lifted the siege of Leningrad. These contrasting images of the city during the days of the war...
Michael Laxer
Jan 27, 20212 min read


Red Army troops take Mamayev Kurgan, January 26 1943
Decisive moment in the victory at Stalingrad. On January 26, 1943 Soviet forces captured the heights of Mamayev Kurgan in the city of...
Michael Laxer
Jan 26, 20217 min read


Daily LIFT #380
Lenin's Ideas Live and Win!, Poster, USSR 1977 -- Daily LIFT #380
Michael Laxer
Jan 25, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #377
Soviet sculptor and artist Yevgeny Vuchetich in his Moscow studio, 1970 -- Daily LIFT #377 Vuchetich (1908-1974) is regarded by many as...
Michael Laxer
Jan 22, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #373
Volgograd workers festival rally, USSR 1983 -- Daily LIFT #373 The banner on the building reads "Party's Plans - People's Plans"
Michael Laxer
Jan 16, 20211 min read


Daily LIFT #367
Emblem of the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow 1985 -- Daily LIFT #367 "After an impressive competition the official...
Michael Laxer
Jan 10, 20212 min read


Daily LIFT #363
Stamp celebrating Soviet aid to the Cuban Revolution, 1963 -- Daily LIFT #363
Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20211 min read


Marina Raskova, Hero of the Soviet Union & Bomber Commander.
Marina Raskova was killed near Stalingrad, January 4, 1943 Marina Raskova originally wanted to be an actress or singer but became a...
Michael Laxer
Jan 4, 20212 min read


Daily LIFT #361
Peace, Friendship, Solidarity - No to Fascism!, Viktor Koretsky, USSR 1977 -- Daily LIFT #361 As relevant a message as ever.
Michael Laxer
Jan 4, 20211 min read
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