Michael LaxerMar 2410 min readShe dedicated herself to the Revolution: The story of Jeanne-Marie LabourbeA look at the courageous life and terrible execution of French Bolshevik revolutionary Jeanne-Marie Labourbe (1877-1919) who worked among...
Michael LaxerJul 15, 20232 min readOdessa: Hero City of the USSRFrom a folder of historic cards published in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the victory of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War we...
Michael LaxerApr 24, 20231 min readDaily LIFT #927Friends - P. P. Parhet, USSR 1947 -- Daily LIFT #927 One of the more evocative and emotionally powerful pieces of Soviet military art....
Michael LaxerFeb 22, 20221 min readDaily LIFT #656The Potemkin Stairs, Odessa Ukrainian SSR, USSR 1982 -- Daily LIFT #656
Michael LaxerJul 8, 20212 min readSputnik's Dishes from Odessa, USSR 1969w. "Kuyalnik" Rolls, Odessa Rissoles and the "Tourist Special". Odessa night street scene, 1975 -- from our post: Second World War Hero...
Michael LaxerFeb 8, 20211 min readDaily LIFT #387Red Army Detachment 1919, painting Sergey Luppov (1893-1977) 1928 -- Daily LIFT #387 Luppov's painting shows a Red detachment marching to...