February 3rd, 2013

(via National Geographic Visits to the USSR | English Russia)

  1. A girl from Altai
  2. Engraver at work, Tobolsk
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January 9th, 2013
elevenacres: Color photographs of athletic parades in Stalingrad in May 1945. Notice the bombed out building in the background. 

elevenacres:

Color photographs of athletic parades in Stalingrad in May 1945. Notice the bombed out building in the background. 

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December 30th, 2012
zolotoivek: Soviet students dressed as birds, c. 1930.

zolotoivek:

Soviet students dressed as birds, c. 1930.

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December 21st, 2012

elevenacres:

Soviet Car Ads

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December 16th, 2012
elevenacres: Soviet Trade Dictionary 1956-1961

elevenacres:

Soviet Trade Dictionary 1956-1961

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November 11th, 2012
(via Foreign Stars In the USSR | English Russia)

(via Foreign Stars In the USSR | English Russia)

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November 10th, 2012
zolotoivek: Sergei Shigolev - Composition from the Walking Cycle, 1920’s

zolotoivek:

Sergei Shigolev - Composition from the Walking Cycle, 1920’s

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November 9th, 2012
zolotoivek: The local fire brigade of Tonshaevo, 1920’s.

zolotoivek:

The local fire brigade of Tonshaevo, 1920’s.

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November 8th, 2012
(via shaltay0boltay: ОТКРЫТКИ. “С праздником 7 ноября!”) (Издание Министерства связи СССР, 1954 год, художник С.Адрианов)

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(Издание Министерства связи СССР, 1954 год, художник С.Адрианов)

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October 18th, 2012
zolotoivek: One of Stalin’s Falcons, 1936. Photo by Ivan Shagin. “At one point during the 1930s, Soviet aviators concurrently held 62 world aviation records. These men and women, dubbed ‘Stalin’s Falcons’ by the state-controlled media in the USSR, performed heroic feats in the name of the Soviet motherland and received the grateful plaudits of Stalin and the Central Committee. Indeed, Stalin and his colleagues supervised the efforts of the Soviet Union’s aviators so closely that these ‘Falcons’ themselves became a part of the Cult of Stalin. Moreover, they and their achievements fed into all of the key themes of the Stalinist 1930s.” (Source)

zolotoivek:

One of Stalin’s Falcons, 1936. Photo by Ivan Shagin.

“At one point during the 1930s, Soviet aviators concurrently held 62 world aviation records. These men and women, dubbed ‘Stalin’s Falcons’ by the state-controlled media in the USSR, performed heroic feats in the name of the Soviet motherland and received the grateful plaudits of Stalin and the Central Committee. Indeed, Stalin and his colleagues supervised the efforts of the Soviet Union’s aviators so closely that these ‘Falcons’ themselves became a part of the Cult of Stalin. Moreover, they and their achievements fed into all of the key themes of the Stalinist 1930s.” (Source)

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