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Michael Laxer
Apr 11 min read
Daily LIFT #1208
Armenia, stained-glass art piece by Martiros Saryan and Henrik Siravyan, Armenian SSR, USSR, 1968 -- Daily LIFT #1208 Saryan (1880-1972)...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 251 min read
Daily LIFT #1203
Armenian Children on May Day, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR 1986 -- Daily LIFT #1203
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Michael Laxer
Jun 6, 20233 min read
Aram Khachaturian, Soviet Armenian Composer b. June 6, 1903
Aram Khachaturian meets Che in the USSR, 1960 Aram Khachaturian -- widely regarded as one of the Soviet Union's greatest composers -- was...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 3, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #860
Long Live the Armenian Soviet Republic! -- Daily LIFT #860 An illustration first published in the American Daily Worker paper on January...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 29, 20221 min read
Armenian SSR formed, November 29, 1920
Emblem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, formed November 29, 1920 From USSR Magazine, November 1964: November 29, 1920. The...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 22, 20221 min read
Armenia - Martiros Saryan
Armenia - Oil on Canvas, Martiros Saryan, 1923 This wonderful combination of abstract and landscape art was painted one of the most...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 12, 20221 min read
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic formed March 12, 1922
National Emblem of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic 1922-1936 -- Daily LIFT #670 The National Emblem of the ...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 8, 20223 min read
Six pieces of contemporary Soviet art, 1956-1970
In March, 1976 Soviet Life magazine published this look at six artworks from Soviet artists of the period 1956-1970. While they have...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Soviet Armenian Dishes, 1971 -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. Shashlyk (Lamb Skewers), Sputnik Croquettes, Beef Filet & Bozbash Echmiadzinsky (Lamb Soup) An Armenian hors d'oeuvres platter This...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 21, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #630
Lenin Monument erected in the wake of the Great Patriotic War, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR 1948 -- Daily LIFT #630
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Michael Laxer
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Armenian Cuisine 1977, Soviet Life
w. Eggplant and Salad, Echmiadzin Bozbash and Tolma Wrapped in Grape Leaves From "Still Life With Garlic", painting 1962 Akop Tigranovich...
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