Michael Laxer
Streets of Stalingrad (Volgograd) USSR 1970s
We have looked several times at the history of the Battle of Stalingrad and the city that it occurred in in posts like Victory at...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 61 min read
Daily LIFT #1212
The Motherland Calls Stalingrad Monument under construction, April 1963 -- Daily LIFT #1212 From the Soviet Press, April 1963: Overgrown...
Michael Laxer
Feb 201 min read
Victory at Stalingrad! -- Stamps of the Red Army #2
Soviet stamp Issued in 1968 in honour of the 50th anniversary of the Red Army. It honours the great victory at Stalingrad in February,...
Michael Laxer
Jan 26, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #871
The great Spanish Communist leader Dolores Ibarruri and the monument-ensemble sculptor, laureate of the Lenin Prize E. V. Vuchetich on...
Michael Laxer
Jan 26, 20228 min read
Mamayev Kurgan: The Stalingrad memorial complex at Soviet Volgograd
On January 26, 1943 Soviet forces captured the heights of Mamayev Kurgan in the city of Stalingrad from the Nazis ending 135 days of...
Michael Laxer
Jan 25, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #632
Fidel Castro visits Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd (Stalingrad) during the construction of the Motherland Calls memorial complex, USSR 1963...
Michael Laxer
Jun 21, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #482
The Motherland Calls Mamayev Kurgan Memorial Complex at Volgograd (Stalingrad) 1975 -- Daily LIFT #482 Tomorrow, June 22, marks the 80th...
Michael Laxer
Feb 2, 20214 min read
Victory at Stalingrad! - Photos of war, resistance and renaissance
A look at the Hero City of Volgograd / Stalingrad in war and peace. On February 2, 1943 the Nazis left in the city surrendered and the...
Michael Laxer
Feb 1, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #384
Soldier with the victory flag on Mamayev Kurgan, Stalingrad, February 1, 1943 -- Daily LIFT #384 In a photo dated February 1, 1943, a Red...
Michael Laxer
Jan 28, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #381
To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad, Sculptural composition from the Square of Heroes, Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd (Stalingrad), USSR...
Michael Laxer
Jan 26, 20217 min read
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...
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