Michael Laxer
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...
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Michael Laxer
- Jan 26, 2021
- 7 min
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
- Dec 27, 2020
- 1 min
Nadezhda Popova, b. December 27, 1921
Hero of the Soviet Union, Ace Pilot and and Night Bomber. Hero of the Soviet Union, Nadezhda Popova, ace pilot and and night bomber was...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 29, 2020
- 1 min
"You can't hang us all. They will avenge me."
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, murdered November 29, 1941 "You hang me now, but I'm not alone. There are 200 million of us. You can't hang us...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 27, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #334
Red Army troops fight to retake the city of Rostov-on-Don, November 27, 1941 -- Daily LIFT #334 On November 27, 1941 the Red Army's 37th...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 13, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #324
T-34 Tank Monument in Honour of the Mongolian Revolutionary Tank Brigade, Ulan Bator 1976 -- Daily LIFT #324 The 112th "Revolutionary...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 9, 2020
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #321
Red Army troops march through Red Square on the 24th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, November 7, 1941 -- Daily...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 6, 2020
- 1 min
"At dawn on November 6, 1943, on the eve of Great October, the Red Army has seized Kiev"
"At dawn on November 6, 1943, on the eve of Great October, the Red Army has seized Kiev, the capital of Soviet Ukraine" - quote from a...