Michael Laxer
Daily LIFT #367
Emblem of the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow 1985 -- Daily LIFT #367 "After an impressive competition the official...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #363
Stamp celebrating Soviet aid to the Cuban Revolution, 1963 -- Daily LIFT #363
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
Jan 4, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #361
Peace, Friendship, Solidarity - No to Fascism!, Viktor Koretsky, USSR 1977 -- Daily LIFT #361 As relevant a message as ever.
Michael Laxer
Jan 2, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #360
The Gorky Cinema, Tomsk, USSR 1974 -- Daily LIFT #360
Michael Laxer
Dec 27, 20202 min read
Leningrad in winter, 1978
A look at some of the sights of a snowy Leningrad, 1978. This charming folder of 12 winter postcard images of Leningrad was released in...
Michael Laxer
Dec 27, 20201 min read
Nadezhda Popova, b. December 27, 1921
Hero of the Soviet Union, Ace Pilot and and Night Bomber. Hero of the Soviet Union, Nadezhda Popova, ace pilot and and night bomber was...
Michael Laxer
Dec 26, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT#354
The world's largest Lenin bust at Ulan-Ude, USSR 1973 -- Daily LIFT #354 The largest Lenin bust that was ever erected was unveiled in the...
Michael Laxer
Dec 21, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #351
Save the World - Peace Poster 1969, Yevgeny V. Abezgus (1933-1980), USSR -- Daily LIFT #351
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #350
Tatra tram cars on Lenin Ave., Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR, 1968 -- Daily LIFT #350
Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #346
For Peace, National Independence, Democracy, Social Progress - Soviet Poster 1976 -- Daily LIFT #346
Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 20206 min read
The state of the Soviet Union, December 1982
An overview of the accomplishments of Soviet socialism that was published for the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR,...
Michael Laxer
Dec 12, 20201 min read
Summer, 1959-1960, Arkady Plastov (1893-1972) USSR
Summer, 1959-1960, Arkady Plastov (1893-1972) USSR Plastov, an Order of Lenin, Lenin and Stalin Prize winner was a leader of a movement...
Michael Laxer
Dec 12, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #345
A Red Army contingent marches through Red Square to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the revolution, Moscow November 7, 1922 -- Daily...
Michael Laxer
Dec 11, 20201 min read
Shuliavka Workers' Republic Proclaimed, Kiev December 11, 1905
Soviet stamp celebrating the 60th anniversary of 1905 On December 11, 1905 the Shuliavka Workers' Republic was proclaimed by the Council...
Michael Laxer
Dec 6, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT# 340
Wall mural, Volgograd USSR 1968 -- Daily LIFT #340
Michael Laxer
Dec 3, 20201 min read
Soviet Life Russian Cuisine 1968 -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. Pirozhki, Shashlik, Beef Stroganoff, Chicken Kiev and more. Vasara Restaurant, USSR 1978 In July, 1968 the English language magazine...
Michael Laxer
Dec 2, 20202 min read
The art of Yuri Raksha, b. December 2, 1937
A look at the Soviet artist whose promise was tragically cut short when he died at age 42 in 1980. Born December 2, 1937, Soviet artist...
Michael Laxer
Nov 29, 20201 min read
"You can't hang us all. They will avenge me."
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, murdered November 29, 1941 "You hang me now, but I'm not alone. There are 200 million of us. You can't hang us...
Michael Laxer
Nov 27, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #334
Red Army troops fight to retake the city of Rostov-on-Don, November 27, 1941 -- Daily LIFT #334 On November 27, 1941 the Red Army's 37th...
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