In Russia’s arctic wilderness, the remnants of one of the Soviet Union’s most tragic gulag projects now lies largely forgotten. The railroad would have connected Russia’s arctic waters with its western railway network writes RFE/RL. Most records relating to the […] More
The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with “cinema of Russia” despite films in the Russian language being predominant in the body of work so described, includes films produced by the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet […] More
Remains of Soviet civilization in one of the industrial suburbs of a city have been found by a Russian internet dwellers of Pikabu. Just like in the movies such as Alien, Prometheus or Planet of Apes, when you come at this […] More
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, […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] More
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