Michael Laxer
Daily LIFT #702
Hammer and Sickle Monument honouring the 50th anniversary of Soviet power at the Montreal Expo, 1967 -- Daily LIFT #702 To learn more...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 30, 202210 min read
USSR at Expo 67
55 years after the historic Montreal Expo a look at the Soviet pavilion. On April 27, 1967 Expo 67 opened in Montreal. The Expo was...
Michael Laxer
Mar 27, 20214 min read
The Aleksandr Pushkin and the Montreal-Leningrad Trans-Atlantic line
Photos via Soviet Union Today, You Tube and public domain. In 1965 the production of the Soviet ocean liner the MS Aleksandr Pushkin was...
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
Oct 27, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #313
Members of the Soviet delegation march with the hammer and sickle banner at Expo 67 in Montreal -- Daily LIFT #313
Michael Laxer
Oct 2, 20203 min read
Students walk out demanding safer conditions in Montreal & Greece
Students at a Montreal high school walked out Thursday as a wave of hundreds of student sit-ins and mobilizations grip Greece. In both...
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