In December of 1991, as the world watched in amazement, the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom,…
Russia truly is a country like no other.
About Original vintage advertising poster issued by the Ministry of Trade of the RSFSR Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The design features a smiling young lady wearing a white and pink striped shirt and a colourful skirt in different patterns sewn together to show off the latest fashion trends, a polka dot headscarf and a pearl necklace, standing on green grass with her skirt billowing out in the wind against the sky blue background, the Rostextiletorg Ministry heading above a single cloud and the bold title text in Russian below: ?????????? ????? ???????, ?????????, ?????? ???????????. ?? ??? ????? ????? ?????????? ?????? ??? ??????-?????? ??? ?????? ?????? ???????? / Staple fabrics are beautiful, practical, drape well. From them, you can sew an elegant dress or dress-suit for women of any age. Very good condition, minor browning on margins.
Alexandra Kollontai (Shura Domontovich) was born in 1872 into the happy family of General Mikhail Domontovich. But at the heart of the happiness of this family there was the rebellion of her mother Alexandra Alexandrovna, who took three children and left her first husband.
The "photograph of the missing being…will touch me like the delayed rays of a star." —Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography Last year, Asya Ivashintsova-Melkumyan and her husband were renovating their house near St. Petersburg, Russia (formerly, Leningrad), when they stumbled in the attic on an oversized box among her late mother's belongings....
Empires have always presented themselves through rose-colored lenses. Here's what Pre-Revolutionary Russia looked like when Czar Nicholas II added blue and green to the palette.
David King recently published a stunning book called "Russian Revolutionary Posters", which traces the history of these striking propaganda pieces from the Russian Revolution through to the Space Race. As someone who was taught history from a Western perspective - with the Soviet Union often misunderstood at best, or mistrusted at worst - I found
David King recently published a stunning book called "Russian Revolutionary Posters", which traces the history of these striking propaganda pieces from the Russian Revolution through to the Space Race. As someone who was taught history from a Western perspective - with the Soviet Union often misunderstood at best, or mistrusted at worst - I found
Brief biography of Ayn Rand (1905-1982), American author born in St. Petersburg, Russia, best known for Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead.
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 19 June 1944: Tired and overstrained political workers enjoy the good life in 1930s Soviet Russia
Modern men need know not only where to go and how to dress, but how to think. The only way to do that — to learn how to make sense of the world with your mind — is to consider a lot of different thoughts. By and large, the best of those thoughts can be found in books that have stood the test of time.
In the Soviet Union's communal kitchens, many families jockeyed for one stove. Apartments were crowded, food was scarce and government informants were everywhere. Still, some found joy and connection.
