Michael Laxer
Decorations of the Soviet Great Patriotic War
From the Soviet Sputnik Magazine in 1985, a brief look at some of the decorations awarded during and after the Great Patriotic War as the...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 30, 202315 min read
Battle of Kursk remembered, July 1983
Marshals of the Soviet Union remember the great triumph of the Red Army in July-August 1943 that ended all Nazi hopes for victory on the...
Michael Laxer
May 7, 20235 min read
April Conference of the Bolsheviks begins May 7, 1917
Lenin at the April Conference of the RSDLP (b), painting Pyotr Dmitrievich Buchkin (1886-1965), USSR The tremendously important April...
Michael Laxer
Feb 23, 20228 min read
Red Army Day, 1944
Crossing the Dnieper - Woodcut, V. I. Masyk February 23 was Red Army Day in the former USSR. It celebrated the formation of the Red Army...
Michael Laxer
Jan 4, 20212 min read
Marina Raskova, Hero of the Soviet Union & Bomber Commander.
Marina Raskova was killed near Stalingrad, January 4, 1943 Marina Raskova originally wanted to be an actress or singer but became a...
Michael Laxer
Nov 7, 20208 min read
In the shadow of October -- Reflecting on the USSR and Soviet power
If we want to celebrate 1917 we must also look more deeply at what came after. There is much to celebrate there as well. This piece was...
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