

Daily LIFT #1761
Women voting in the People's Republic of China, 1954 -- Daily LIFT #1761 From the PRC press: In 1954, in China's first general election, 278 million people elected their delegates to more than 280,000 local people's congresses. In subsequent rounds, deputies were elected to the county, municipal and provincial congresses and those of the various national autonomous. regions-and finally to the National People's Congress which adopted the Constitution with socialism as its goal
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Daily LIFT #1760
A view of the USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements in Moscow, USSR 1959 -- Daily LIFT #1760
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Daily LIFT #1759
The New Title Deeds, illustration, People's Republic of China 1950 -- Daily LIFT #1759 From the PRC press: The final stage of land reform and redistribution from the feudal landlords is reached when the new peasant land owners receive their title-deeds bearing a red official seal.
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