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Calendar of 1964: Us and Them.

An old cal­en­dar of 1964 pic­tur­ing a set of remark­able cit­i­zens of the world: a Soviet per­son next to its Amer­i­can coun­ter­part. Sadly there is no anno­ta­tion left to fig­ure what the mes­sage was  —  infor­ma­tive, pro­pa­gan­dist or other, so the faces … Con­tinue read­ing →

August 29, 2010 2 Replies

Good Soviet Kids Go to Heaven? Nope, They Go to Artek!

The most famous PR image of the pio­ne­ria of the Soviet Union was a sum­mer vaca­tion camp sit­u­ated in the Crimea (Ukraine), next to Gurzuf town. Founded as a sana­to­rium for the kids suf­fer­ing and recov­er­ing from the TB by … Con­tinue read­ing →

April 6, 2010 4 Replies

The Patriotic Education in USSR. Part 2 — Pioneers, Soviet Boy Scouts

As you remem­ber from the pre­vi­ous post, at the age of 9 the Soviet Kids grew out of their Octo­ber Kids affil­i­a­tion. The next ide­o­log­i­cal rite of pas­sage was pio­neer­ing which the Soviet coun­try placed a huge impor­tance on. Loosely … Con­tinue read­ing →

November 18, 2009 21 Replies

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