Daily LIFT #757
V. I. Lenin making a speech at a mass rally during the laying of the foundation stone for a monument to K. Liebknecht and R. Luxemburg,...
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May 7, 20222 min read
Lenin speaks at the 2nd Congress of the Comintern, July 1920
Images of Lenin #45 Lenin speaking at a sitting of the 2nd Congress of the Comintern in Uritsky Palace, July 19, 1920, Petrograd. --...
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Apr 28, 20221 min read
Lenin in Petrograd, 1918
Images of Lenin #36 Lenin in Petrograd, January 1918 -- Images of Lenin #36 This is the thirty-sixth in our new daily feature that will...
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Apr 1, 20221 min read
Lenin and Gorky, Petrograd 1920
Images of Lenin #14 Lenin and Maxim Gorky with a group of delegates to the 2nd Congress of the Comintern, July 19, 1920, Petrograd --...
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Dec 30, 20217 min read
USSR formed, December 30 1922: A look at its founding congress and decades of progress
Cover of Soviet Life Magazine in honour of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, December 1982 Today marks the anniversary...
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Dec 29, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #613
Meeting of the Petrograd Soviet, October 22 1917, just three days before the Revolution -- Daily LIFT #613
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Dec 29, 20215 min read
Lenin: Three historic photos and their stories
During the centennial year of Lenin's birth, 1970, Mikhail Yeryomin, a retired Soviet Major-General who was then working for the...
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Mar 8, 20211 min read
Demonstration of women demanding equal voting rights Petrograd, March 1917
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #48 Demonstration of women demanding equal voting rights, Petrograd, March 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary...
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Mar 4, 20211 min read
Izvestia is issued at the Petrograd Soviet for delivery to troops at the front, 1917
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #44 Izvestia is issued at the Petrograd Soviet for delivery to troops at the front, 1917 -- Photos of...
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Mar 2, 20211 min read
Red Guard at Smolny, October 1917
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #42 Red Guard at Smolny, October 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #42 Members of a Red Guard unit...
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Feb 8, 20211 min read
Red Guard of Petrograd at the May Day demonstration, 1917
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #24 Red Guard of Petrograd at the May Day demonstration, 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #24
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Feb 3, 20211 min read
Red Guard patrol campfire on the streets of Petrograd in the early days of the Revolution
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #21 Red Guard patrol campfire on the streets of Petrograd in the early days of the Great October Socialist...
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Feb 2, 20211 min read
People's Militia arrest a czarist minister, Petrograd, February 28 1917
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #20 People's Militia arrest a czarist minister, Petrograd, February 28, 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary...
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Feb 1, 20211 min read
Worker demonstration in Petrograd during the "July Days", 1917
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #19 Worker demonstration in Petrograd during the "July Days", 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #19...
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Jan 31, 20211 min read
Volunteers enroll in the people's militia, Petrograd, March 1917
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #18 Volunteers enroll in the people's militia, Petrograd, March 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #18...
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Jan 28, 20211 min read
Armored car arrives at Smolny to support the Revolutionary Military Committee, October 25 1917
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #16 Armored car arrives at Smolny to support the Revolutionary Military Committee, October 25 1917 --...
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Jan 26, 20211 min read
Group of soldiers in Petrograd who went over to the side of the February Revolution, 1917
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #14 Group of soldiers in Petrograd who went over to the side of the February Revolution, 1917 -- Photos of...
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Jan 25, 20211 min read
Women's rally in Petrograd demanding equal voting rights, March 1917
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #13 Women's rally in Petrograd demanding equal voting rights, March 1917 - Photos of Revolutionary Russia...
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Jan 19, 20211 min read
Red Army volunteers line up at a recruitment centre, Petrograd 1918
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #8 Red Army volunteers line up at a recruitment centre, Petrograd 1918 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #8
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Jan 13, 20211 min read
A group of Red infantrymen at the Winter Palace, Petrograd 1918
Photos of Revolutionary Russia #2 A group of Red infantrymen at the Winter Palace, Petrograd 1918 In the very early days of the...
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