Michael Laxer
Daily LIFT #561
Under the banner of Peace and Freedom the World Peace Conference took place in Moscow , October 25-31, 1973 -- Daily LIFT #561
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Michael Laxer
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #557
Series of space stamps, USSR 1963 -- Daily LIFT #557 Artist Igor Kominarets won the prize in the competition for the design of a series...
Michael Laxer
Oct 12, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #554
Mao meets with Chinese students and workers living in Moscow, November 1957 -- Daily LIFT #554 Mao visited the USSR for the celebrations...
Michael Laxer
Oct 5, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #550
The Order of the October Revolution, USSR 1967 -- Daily LIFT #550 Created in October 1967 in honour of the 50th anniversary of the...
Michael Laxer
Oct 3, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #548
Lenin Monument, Lviv, USSR 1974 -- Daily LIFT #548 For more images of Lviv in 1974 see: 17 Postcard Images of Lviv, USSR 1974
Michael Laxer
Sep 28, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #545
On the stairs to the Stalingrad Memorial Complex The Motherland Calls, Volgograd, USSR 1972 -- Daily LIFT #545
Michael Laxer
Sep 25, 20214 min read
Yuri Gagarin's letter to a young Canadian
Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova (the first woman in space) sign autographs and chat with young people at a youth forum, 1964 As we all...
Michael Laxer
Sep 23, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #542
Building New Industries, montage, Victor Tyrtyshnikov USSR 1963 -- Daily LIFT #542
Michael Laxer
Sep 22, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #541
Soviet Young Pioneers ride aboard a locomotive built in part with scrap metal they collected, 1963, USSR -- Daily LIFT #541 From the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 22, 20217 min read
Konstantin Feoktistov on the Spaceships of Today and Tomorrow, 1968
Konstantin Feoktistov in the Voskhod spaceship. Konstantin Feoktistov was a Soviet space engineer and cosmonaut who had a truly...
Michael Laxer
Sep 16, 20211 min read
Fyodor Poletaev: Partisan hero of both Italy and the USSR
Soviet stamp in honour of Fyodor Poletaev, a partisan hero of both Italy and the USSR, 1963 Poletaev's story is remarkable. In the summer...
Michael Laxer
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Armenian Cuisine 1977, Soviet Life
w. Eggplant and Salad, Echmiadzin Bozbash and Tolma Wrapped in Grape Leaves From "Still Life With Garlic", painting 1962 Akop Tigranovich...
Michael Laxer
Sep 14, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #536
Illustration of the Order of Lenin, the highest Soviet award for extraordinary achievement, 1964 -- Daily LIFT #536
Michael Laxer
Aug 31, 20211 min read
"They Stand Guard": An example from the USSR of how to counter an outbreak
In 1960 the Soviet Union provided a clear example of how to respond to a major public health threat. Do it quickly and effectively. This...
Michael Laxer
Aug 30, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #525
Castro lights a cigar during a meeting with Khrushchev under the watchful eye of Karl Marx during a trip to the USSR, 1963 -- Daily LIFT...
Michael Laxer
Aug 26, 20213 min read
Soviet Life's Ukrainian Cuisine 1969 -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. Cherry Vareniki, Galushki, Kievsky Salad and Borsch, Ukrainian style. In the December, 1969 issue of the English language magazine...
Michael Laxer
Aug 25, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #521
Fidel Castro in conversation with Spanish Communist hero Dolores Ibárruri in her Moscow apartment, USSR 1963 -- Daily LIFT #521 Ibárruri...
Michael Laxer
Aug 20, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #518
Lenin memorial poster, USSR 1924 -- Daily LIFT #518 The poster by N. Olshansky has two inscriptions that read "Lenin is the weapon of the...
Michael Laxer
Aug 19, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #517
Angela Davis with Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, during a visit to the USSR, 1972 -- Daily LIFT #517
Michael Laxer
Aug 18, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #516
Cover of Lenin on Educating the Youth, published for the centennial of his birth, USSR 1970 -- Daily LIFT #516 Two quotes from Lenin...
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