Military Discharge Handmade Scrap Book and Comics Album
You're in the army now
The compulsory two years of military service was a rite of passage for every Soviet guy. When one turned eighteen - unless for sickness or injury - it was time to be called in for the military life - two years in the barracks. The guys usually bonded well and during their spare time created so called "Discharge Albums" - like scrapbooks, they were full of photos, songs lyrics, quick notes from the buddies etc.
Slava Kurilov: Alone at Sea. An Unbelievable Way to Escape the Iron Curtain
The only person to escape the Iron Curtain by swimming.
By job he was an oceanographer, by heart he was a dreamer, by nationality he was a citizen of the planet Earth - in short, he was an extraordinary guy. Yet his personal file in the USSR was stamped as "not worthy of an exit visa" so he was not allowed to leave the country, even if it was for a holiday. So in December, 1974 he jumped a cruise boat "The Soviet Union" off the coast of the Philippines islands - and he swam to freedom.With no food or drink, no swimming equipment apart from flips and goggles, he swam to the shores about a hundred kilometers for three days - completely alone at sea.
Emlen Knight Davies, at the age of 20 (ish) Joseph E. Davies was the second Ambassador to represent the United States in the Soviet Union in 1937-1938. His daughter, the twenty years old Emlen Knight Davies, took some pictures of the surroundings. These images, courtesy of her private collection, were on display in Moscow for the anniversary of the Spaso House - the official diplomatic residence. You will be quite a craftsman! The Professional Orientation in the USSR meant, first and foremost, a process of advising the youth on the future career choices. A group of teachers and fresh graduates of a college would go to high schools to give talks to school kids in order to deliver the first hand information on vocational choices. Every occupation is regarded highly in the Soviet Union - well, this slogan turned out to be quite untruthful. 1925. A private house on the bank of the Tarakanovka river Here is a fine collection of images of Moscow winters, dating from 1920s till 1991. Sadly many places portrayed on these photographs are gone now, just like the Soviet Union itself, yet lest we forget. Please read on to see the image of the first set of traffic lights in Moscow CBD in late 1930s, which was operated by a specially trained person; or the largest freshwater outdoor swimming pool in the world - as well as people, wooden houses, old boulevards covered with the virgin snow. Meat, butter, pay rise! Novocherkassk is a small town in the South of Russia, also known as the unofficial capital of the Cossacks, the Slavic military community. Unfortunately this town was the place of a huge tragedy, when in 1962 the civilian demonstration was opened fire on. The city of Khabarovsk, 1970. In the USSR, the very first ice cream factory was opened in 1932 - when the Minister of Food Supply (if translated not too liberally) Anastas Mikoyan visited the United States of America and was so impressed with their ice cream, he decided that Russia needed something of the kind. So the ice cream making technology and equipment were imported and the ice cream supply to all and everybody began. The Communal Bridge, nowadays. The unofficial capital of Siberia, the city of Novosibirsk was founded in 1893 with the initial population of only 8,000 people. By the time of the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917, it grew to the population size of 80,000. The name, literally meaning New Siberian City, was adopted in 1926 - and since then, the town had become to grow and prosper. Paris, city of love, brought them all together. A Russian movie of 1981. The official history often misses a very important and interesting point in the course of the Russian Revolution – not everybody knows that Vladimir Lenin, a formidable mind behind the Great October Patriotic Revolution and the leader of all communists, had less than straightforward love life – apart from a wife, he had a mistress – and not only that, these two women knew each other and got on very well! Gymnasts. Red Square. 1924 When the new Soviet country was born, the people were promised a wonderful future under the socialism - just a few more years, the billboards boasted - and we'll live in a glorious state. However the early days were more than gloomy: the rundown economy, disoriented society, the reek of fear and uncertainty - and that clearly can be seen through the photos of a prominent Soviet photographer Arkady Shaikhet.
A Rough Guide to Moscow from the Daughter of the American Embassador
So! What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
Moscow Winters, Fragments of the 20th Century.
Labour Riots in Novocherkassk: Soviet 'Tiananmen'
Russian Ice Cream In Winter - Bring It On!
Novosibirsk: Then and Now.
The Fearsome Threesome – Lenin and His Lovebirds
21+ Depressing Photos of Post-Revolutionary Russia by Arkady Shaikhet
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