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    Daily LIFT #734
    Michael Laxer
    • Jun 16
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #734

    Nikita Khrushchev with Valentina Tereshkova, Yuri Gagarin and other Soviet cosmonauts in Moscow's Red Square on June 22, 1963 -- Daily...
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    Daily LIFT #733
    Michael Laxer
    • Jun 15
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #733

    Che greets Yuri Gagarin as he arrives in Cuba after his historic flight, 1961 -- Daily LIFT #733
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    Daily LIFT #689
    Michael Laxer
    • Apr 13
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #689

    Yuri Gagarin and Fidel Castro meet, Havana 1961 -- Daily LIFT #689
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    First Flight: Gagarin goes into space April 12, 1961
    Michael Laxer
    • Apr 12
    • 2 min

    First Flight: Gagarin goes into space April 12, 1961

    Soviet photos, statements and accounts of the historic launch and the days that followed. On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first...
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    Daily LIFT #688
    Michael Laxer
    • Apr 12
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #688

    Yuri Gagarin suited up as captain of the "Cosmonaut" amateur hockey team, USSR 1963 --Daily LIFT #688 Tomorrow, April 12, is the 61st...
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    Che Guevara: 32 images from 1940-1967
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 10
    • 6 min

    Che Guevara: 32 images from 1940-1967

    Over the course of February we shared daily photos of Che Guevara, iconic revolutionary leader and hero. These came from a Soviet archive...
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    Daily LIFT #668
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 10
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #668

    Comrades Yuri Gagarin and Nikita Khrushchev embrace in Moscow days after Gagarin's historic flight into space -- Daily LIFT #668 Gagarin...
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    Yuri Gagarin in his own words
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 10
    • 5 min

    Yuri Gagarin in his own words

    . Yuri Gagarin, his wife Valentina Ivanovna and Nikita Khrushchev during a parade after his triumphant flight. In honour of the birth...
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    Daily LIFT #571
    Michael Laxer
    • Nov 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #571

    Castro and Brezhnev meet with future cosmonauts at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Centre, 1972 -- Daily LIFT #571
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    Daily LIFT #570
    Michael Laxer
    • Nov 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #570

    A very young Yuri Gagarin at Lyubertsy trade school, USSR, learning foundry work, 1951 -- Daily LIFT #570 From the Soviet press, 1961:...
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    Daily LIFT #544
    Michael Laxer
    • Sep 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #544

    Yuri Gagarin enjoying a game of pool -- Daily Lift #544
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    Yuri Gagarin's letter to a young Canadian
    Michael Laxer
    • Sep 25, 2021
    • 4 min

    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...
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    Artek: The vast Soviet internationalist complex of children's camps
    Michael Laxer
    • Aug 16, 2021
    • 18 min

    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...
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    Daily LIFT #432
    Michael Laxer
    • Apr 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #432

    Yuri Gagarin with his daughters Galya and Lena, 1964 -- Daily LIFT #432 Today marked the 60th anniversary of Gagarin's historic,...
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    The Soviet Space Program: A Review
    Michael Laxer
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Soviet Space Program: A Review

    A look at the Soviet space program from the Soviet point-of-view on the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic flight. Soviet stamp...
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    Daily LIFT #408
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #408

    Space Will Serve People, Gagarin poster, USSR 1971 -- Daily LIFT #408 Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, was born March 9, 1934. A...
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    Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space, born March 9, 1934
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space, born March 9, 1934

    "Having rounded the Earth in a satellite spaceship, I have seen how beautiful our planet is. Let us preserve and multiply this beauty,...
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    Daily LIFT #406
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #406

    The Yuri Gagarin Monument, Moscow USSR 1981 -- Daily LIFT #406
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    Soviet Kaluga 1974 -- Images of the city of Tsiolkovsky
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    Soviet Kaluga 1974 -- Images of the city of Tsiolkovsky

    Kaluga is a mid-sized city (pop. approximately 300,000) located about 100 miles southwest of Moscow that is best known for being the...
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    Daily LIFT #399
    Michael Laxer
    • Feb 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #399

    Che and Yuri Gagarin share a laugh -- Daily LIFT #399 Wonderful photo of Che and Gagarin. It is not dated but is likely from 1964 in...
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