Some of them look extremely unusual. Half a century ago, the Soviet car industry produced a quite modern trucks with conventional construction. But if you look at the drawings and photos of experimental equipment of those years, one can only wonder. By order of the Ministry of defense gathered a …
Read More »Duda accused the Soviet Union in the invasion of Poland
The Soviet government, he said, was occupied by Poland before 1990-ies. The President of Poland Andrzej Duda said that the Soviet Union invade Poland in 1945 and held it until 1990-ies. About this Polish leader said during the opening of a memorial plaque in honor of the Damned soldiers in …
Read More »The consequences of nuclear tests at the main Soviet test site. Photo
Radiation did the trick. 67 years ago, the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear weapon, codenamed “First lightning” in the steppe of northeast Kazakhstan. Test site — the Semipalatinsk over 40 years old, he suffered 456 nuclear explosion. The residents of nearby cities have become unwitting Guinea pigs, suffering from …
Read More »The cultural revolution in the Soviet Union: was it?
As you know, the term “cultural revolution” was coined by Lenin. Later, under Stalin, the problem of building socialism has been reduced to solving three main tasks: industrialization, collectivization and cultural revolution. Until the early 90-ies in the scientific literature, actively developed the theme of cultural construction in such aspects …
Read More »The Wake of the Soviet Union
Remember, economic growth in the early noughties? So what you still believed economic growth was actually a Wake for Soviet industry, science and education – the Wake of the Soviet Union. We all just covered the clearing, so we drank, ate and had fun at the funeral all that …
Read More »How was created the first Soviet “disaster” film. Photo
One of the most iconic Soviet films. 30 Oct 1979 finished shooting the legendary film A. Mitta “Crew”. He became the leader of hire in 1980 and was seen by over 70 million viewers. This success nobody could have imagined – it was the first Soviet film-catastrophe, and the whole …
Read More »The realities of Soviet life in the collection of images of the 80-ies. Photo
Many will recognize in these photos are part of himself. Just people, just slices of life from our recent past.
Read More »25 Soviet things not heard abroad
The past of each country is unique and unites its people. Maxim magazine remember a good Soviet times and has collected what is in our hearts, a pleasant thrill of nostalgia. 1. Pionerbol This simplified under the sickly baby calf option volleyball appeared in the 30s. Let this type of …
Read More »Soviet childhood homeless on unique images. Photo
The realities of life in rare pictures. Former revolution Museum shows a glimpse of your photo collections, to show portraits of children, whose share fell two wars, hunger and poverty. Collection of photos of GTSMSIR is formed in 20-ies of the last century and has no less than 180 thousand …
Read More »Soviet posters about education are still relevant today. Photo
Some behaviors should instill to our children. In the Soviet era children were considered to be public property, and their education was a collective responsibility. To carry this burden for adults helped many bright posters. We publish a selection of posters of the Soviet era, which was unobtrusive nurturing image …
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