Totalitarian regimes often use art as means of propaganda, putting strict limits on it’s creators and their phantasy. But such an approach can easily backfire and find it’s opponents in underground art. This is exactly what happened in the 1970’s, when painters came up with an idea to use pop culture motifs against the oppressive […] More
After a longtime ban on photographing the Tashkent Metro was lifted this summer, Amos Chapple, a Kiwi photographer went underground to reveal the art, architecture, and nuclear-blast protection in Central Asia’s oldest subway system. However, beyond the stunning beauty of these Metro designs, we will reveal that actually a lot of Slavs have been the main […] More
It was the stuff of utopia: a clean white city of blocks and towers and domes. Stars and flags decorate extraordinary works of Socialist Modernist architecture. Monuments to the soldiers who fought for it stand beside murals of the cosmonauts who would carry its legacy into the stars; the perfected Soviet city. Photographer Darmon Richter visited […] More
Everything new is a well-forgotten old, and fashion shows of famous couturiers repeatedly confirm this rule. Some things are in fact what mothers and grandmothers once used and used in the Soviet Union. Braided shopping bags Braided handbags were in every Soviet family. They used frenzied popularity, and it is understandable why. If necessary, the string bag could […] More
The Socialist era is still close to us, the living proof of that is your Babushka (grandmother). Only thing that you need to do is to enter your Babushkas apartment and you will notice that you have entered an another era that still lives. These apartments have not changed in over decades, and they are decorated just […] More
Semyon Osipovich Friedland was a soviet photographer from Kiev. He was born in 1905 into a family of Jewish shoemakers. He began his career as a journalist, but then left the profession because of the censorship. In 1932 he graduated from the photography department of the State Institute of Cinematography. In 1950 Friedland worked as […] More
Native Lithuanian, Andrew Miksys, born in Seattle to Lithuanian parents come to a point in his life when he wanted to connect with his roots. Living in multi-cultural America, one does feel lonely at times and a call to visit his roots kicked in. First time he reconnected with his Lithuanian roots was on a […] More
Adidas again proved that it definitely has some correlation with Eastern Europe and it’s past. If you read the article on topic “Why do Slavs wear adidas tracksuits” you’d understand there is a thing between Slavs and Adidas. However no one expected that Adidas would make a Soviet tribute clothing line, most of Internet citizens […] More
In the Rzhevsky district of the Tver region, near the village of Khoroshevo, a memorial to the Soviet Soldier will be installed, which will be visible from the federal highway M-9. The monument commemorates the heroism and courage of the Red Army soldiers who fought in the bloody battles for Rzhev and on the perimeter […] More
I was always fascinated by the fact that the USSR never developed a computer industry that would be world-class and on par with USA’s or other countries’ inventions. They had world-class mathematicians, and as you would know, computers are all about mathematics. But nothing happened. In fact, the USSR was the country that needed a […] More
Men in the USSR had their own fun rituals to which their wives were not allowed. In the Soviet Union, there were so-called men’s clubs. This is what the has been going on there, male club is a place where you can stay and have fun without women. Most often, they were engaged in purely […] More
If you watched an American series “The Man in the High Castle” that imagined what would USA look if Nazi Germany won the war, then you will love this show too. This one shows the alternative future in case if USSR didn’t collapse and stayed till year 2050? The series name is “Chernobyl: Zone of Alienation” and […] More
Forget all those fancy childish looking suits for your dogs, make him a real attraction on the streets. Let us present you the Cosmonaut dog suit, the one that the first dogs in space, Belka and Strelka, wore on their epic journey. These two four-legged cosmonauts wore these suits back in 1960. on their Sputnik […] More
In 1970, the staff of the Soviet journal “Science and Technology” predicted full automation of the construction of buildings, roads, dams and the emergence of a whole network of ground and air transport, operated by an autopilot, by 2000. Similar predictions related to everyday life: smart homes will know when and what to cook, wash, turn […] More
Do you feel like looking some vintage sci-fi imagery? Yes? Well you are in the right place. Some good boys at the sobadsogood made a vintage collection of Soviet control rooms that look like they came out of Star Trek episodes. You remember those rooms on Voyager with massive computers, vintage looking chairs, red phones […] More
There is a lot to be proud of when talking about our Slavic culture. Art, history [don’t put it in the same basket with today’s politics (or what has been left of politics), please], literature, cultural events, architecture, food and of course, mythology. And that, not only legends, myths and folk tales but their film […] More
During the socialist time eastern Europe was a home to many unusual ‘brutalist’ structures, Moscow especially. Communist authorities had to industrialize and expand the cities as soon as possible because of large influx of rural population in capital cities. Before ww2 most of the population across eastern Europe were peasantry living in rural towns, however […] More
Unusual museum-restaurant was opened on Moscow’s historical street of Arbat. The is a museum of 60’s, 80’s and 90’s decor style. So if you want to decor your apartment in the old retro style, we have a treat for you. Each room was design with great precision and eye for detail, from the wallpapers, furniture, […] More
Eastern Europe was a really wild back in the 70’s, there were countless pop, rock and folk starts that where popping out of everywhere you’d look. To establish themselves on the market they had to use some good ‘Slav marketing’ i.e. pretty unique album covers. Of course when you look at these covers today you […] More
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