Michael Laxer
KKE condemns shameful desecration of Sofia monument to Red Army liberators
In a disgraceful affront to the memory of the Red Army soldiers who died to liberate Bulgaria from Nazism and fascism in World War II --...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20232 min read
Chess in the face of evil: Moscow 1941-42
In between battles, peaceful duels proceeded over a chessboard. The photo was taken in 1942 on the Northwestern Front by Lake Ilmen. From...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 28, 20232 min read
Kerch: Hero City of the USSR
From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the victory of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War we...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 6, 20231 min read
War Monuments and Sights of Soviet Kiev 1975 -- 16 Vintage Photographs
As we noted in a previous post, November 6 is the anniversary of the liberation of Kiev from the Nazis by the Red Army in 1943. It was...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 22, 20234 min read
Tallinn liberated by Red Army, September 22, 1944
The Estonian capital of Tallinn was liberated from Nazi occupation by the Red Army on September 22, 1944. Among the Red Army heroes who...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 23, 20231 min read
Red Army wins the Battle of Kursk August 23, 1943: Video
Today marks the anniversary of the end of the Battle of Kursk (August 23, 1943) where the soldiers of the Red Army emerged victorious at...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 14, 20232 min read
Sevastopol: Hero City of the USSR
Red Army troops in action during the liberation of Sevastopol From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 1, 20233 min read
Freedom from War Coalition: Hiroshima Day remembrance and information picket, August 6
Hiroshima Day: The Freedom From War Coalition invites you to join us in solemn remembrance of the bombing of Japan’s cities at the close...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #997
Monument to Hero of the Soviet Union Imants Sudmalis, Liepaja, Latvian SSR, USSR 1978 -- Daily LIFT #997 From the Great Soviet...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 30, 202315 min read
Battle of Kursk remembered, July 1983
Marshals of the Soviet Union remember the great triumph of the Red Army in July-August 1943 that ended all Nazi hopes for victory on the...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 29, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #995
Šķaune Memorial to the Red Army Soldiers and Partisans at the Warriors' Cemetery, Šķaune, Latvian SSR, USSR 1978 -- Daily LIFT #995 A...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 25, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #992
Defenders of the Fortress of Brest, painting P. Krivonogov, USSR 1951 -- Daily LIFT #992 Pyotr Aleksandrovich Krivonogov (1910-1967), a...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #985
A delegation of Soviet collective farmers delivering tanks manufactured using their donated money to Red Army soldiers in Moscow,...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 15, 20232 min read
Odessa: Hero City of the USSR
From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the victory of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War we...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 3, 20232 min read
Minsk: Hero City of the USSR
Mound of Glory war memorial just outside Minsk From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the victory...
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Michael Laxer
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Kiev: Hero City of the USSR
Soviet troops crossing the Dnieper, November 1943 From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the...
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Michael Laxer
May 30, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #951
Monument to the Red Army Soldiers Who Died Defending the Caucuses, Gagra, USSR 1966 -- Daily LIFT #951
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Michael Laxer
May 19, 20232 min read
Leningrad -- Hero City of the USSR
Soviet artillery in action during the siege of Leningrad From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the...
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Michael Laxer
May 9, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #937
Moscow Victory Celebration, May 9 1945, painting by B. V. loganson, USSR -- Daily LIFT #937
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Michael Laxer
May 9, 20237 min read
Moscow -- Hero City of the USSR
"Your Name is Unknown, Your Feat is Immortal" -- Image from the Battle of Moscow From a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the...
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