Michael Laxer
Children's Railway of Stalingrad, 1949
In early May 1948 -- only just over 5 years after the end of the devastating battle for the city and 3 years after the end of the Second...
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Michael Laxer
May 1, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #701
International Workers' Day Poster, USSR 1963 -- Daily LIFT #701
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
Apr 22, 20221 min read
Armenia - Martiros Saryan
Armenia - Oil on Canvas, Martiros Saryan, 1923 This wonderful combination of abstract and landscape art was painted one of the most...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #693
Ho Chi Minh taking a motor boat ride, USSR 1959 -- Daily LIFT #693
Michael Laxer
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #692
Editorial Department Building of the CP Central Committee of Uzbekistan Publishing House and the branch of the Lenin Central Museum,...
Michael Laxer
Apr 15, 20221 min read
Lenin Making a Speech from an Armoured Car, 1934-35
Images of Lenin #26 Lenin Making a Speech from an Armoured Car, April 1917, P. Staronosov, USSR 1934-35 -- Images of Lenin #26 From the...
Michael Laxer
Apr 14, 20228 min read
Soviet Tashkent in photos and text, 1973 & 1980
With 18 photographs of the capital of the Uzbek SSR Today we are going to take a look at Soviet Tashkent through 18 postcard photos as...
Michael Laxer
Apr 13, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #690
Red Army soldier atop the City Hall after Vienna was liberated, April 13, 1945 -- Daily LIFT #690 You can learn more about the liberation...
Michael Laxer
Apr 12, 20222 min read
First Flight: Gagarin goes into space April 12, 1961
Soviet photos, statements and accounts of the historic launch and the days that followed. On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first...
Michael Laxer
Apr 11, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #688
Yuri Gagarin suited up as captain of the "Cosmonaut" amateur hockey team, USSR 1963 --Daily LIFT #688 Tomorrow, April 12, is the 61st...
Michael Laxer
Apr 11, 20221 min read
Lenin Sketch, Nikolay Andreyev
Images of Lenin #23 Lenin Sketch, Nikolay Andreyev, USSR early 1930s -- Images of Lenin #23 Andreyev (1873-1932) was a sculptor and...
Michael Laxer
Apr 10, 20222 min read
Basti Bagirova, Hero of Socialist Labour b. April 10, 1906
Basti Bagirova, Hero of Socialist Labour and Azerbaijani cotton growing pioneer was born April 10, 1906, An exceptional leader and...
Michael Laxer
Apr 9, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #687
Lenin Monument, Donetsk, USSR 1973 -- Daily LIFT #687 To learn more about Soviet Donetsk and for more photos see our post: 17 panoramic...
Michael Laxer
Apr 7, 20221 min read
Lenin with Some Peasant Deputies, 1950
Images of Lenin #20 Lenin with Some Peasant Deputies, V. Serov , USSR 1950 -- Images of Lenin #20 Vladimir Serov (1910-1968) was a...
Michael Laxer
Apr 5, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #685
Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev in Red Square, Moscow USSR, May Day 1963 -- Daily LIFT #685
Michael Laxer
Mar 31, 20222 min read
Daily LIFT #683
Street fighting during the Revolution, engraving Alexey Kravchenko, USSR 1929 -- Daily LIFT #683 This etching was first published outside...
Michael Laxer
Mar 31, 20226 min read
Remembering Alexandra Kollontai b. March 31, 1872
In honour of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Bolshevik revolutionary and leader we repost a Soviet account of her life...
Michael Laxer
Mar 31, 20221 min read
Lenin on a Speaker's Platform
Images of Lenin #13 Lenin on a Speaker's Platform, Alexandr Gerasimov (1881-1963), USSR 1930 -- Images of Lenin #13 Also know as Lenin on...
Michael Laxer
Mar 27, 20221 min read
Daily LIFT #681
Soviet citizens receive ballots for elections to the courts of the USSR, Moscow, March 1949 -- Daily LIFT #681 "Official figures recently...
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