Michael Laxer
Soviet Olympic Kiev -- 12 Panoramic Views of the City 1980
Today we are looking at a folder of panoramic postcards of Kiev, Ukrainian SSR that were released in the lead up to the Olympic Summer...
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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...
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...
Michael Laxer
Jan 26, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #870
Monument to the January Uprising, 1918, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR 1975 -- Daily LIFT #870 In the January Uprising the workers of Kiev...
Michael Laxer
Jan 8, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #862
Memorial Complex to the Victims of Fascism, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR 1975 -- Daily LIFT #862
Michael Laxer
Nov 13, 20215 min read
Queen of the cabbies of Soviet Kiev, 1982
An interesting piece of Soviet social and transportation history, this brief article takes a look at the life and work of a taxi driver...
Michael Laxer
Nov 6, 20219 min read
Soviet 1960: A year in the life of the USSR in pictures
1960 was arguably the beginning of a "Golden Age" in the history of the USSR as it launched into an era of rapid development socially,...
Michael Laxer
Mar 26, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #421
1965 advertisement for a 16 day trip from Canada to the USSR -- Daily LIFT #421 Organized by the Canada-USSR Association in Toronto, the...
Michael Laxer
Nov 6, 20201 min read
"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...
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