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