Solovetsky Monastery
The great and magnificent Solovetsky Islands, which are usually called Solovki for short include six islands. They can be found in the White Sea in northern Russia, in a deserted area very close to the Arctic Circle. It’s quite hard to get there even in our time, that’s why years ago it this place was used by the government (tsars or the Soviet leaders) as a land for unwanted people to be exhaled. Solovki have seen a lot of cruelty during their long and full life, but in this part of our story we will touch on the positive aspects of its history, leaving the narration negative experiences for the next time. Solovki used to be and now are one of the most famous places with monasteries and churches. For several decades of the Soviet reign the islands were used only as a location of brutal prison camps, but nowadays they reclaimed their status of a spiritual place and now this place is mecca for tourists and a home for a number of monks. Click more and find a lot of really astonishing facts about the area.
Guess Who 2
From time to time we have “Guess who?” posts.
I think this one is easy. I mean, everyone knows this handsome young man in pro-Palestinian kerchief, well at least how he looked like later.
If not, maybe the next picture would help…
Moscow Zoo at 1920
Shots from Moscow Zoo - the largest Soviet and Russian zoo - back from 1920.
1993
In the year 1993 there was a fight for power in Moscow, Russia.
Pre-communist Russia
Many people wonder, how did Russia look like before the Communists takeover in 1917.
It’s not well known that in that times Russia was a normal capitalistic state and stayed in good relations with other Western states.
Here is a big hundred photo set of Russia at that times, in color. It seems it was a pretty nice place to live.
USSR at the End of 80s
We continue to publish historical series of photos showing life of Soviet people in different decades of the USSR times. For this once here comes the pictures of Russian streets at the end of 80s.
Pepsi first time in the USSR on the picture above.
See also:
Moscow Hotel “Russia”, Nowadays
Moscow at 80-s.
Moscow in the 60-s and 70-s
Moscow 1967
Moscow Decorated For Soviet Holidays, 1932
Moscow 1927
Prophetic Postcards Back From 1914
Moscow Flood at 1908
Moscow 1890
Moscow Now and Then
Moscow. The Past and the Present
USSR in the 70-s, part 1
USSR in the 70-s, part 2
USSR in the 70-s, part 3
USSR in the 60-s
USSR in the 60-s
Photos From Soviet Russia
Moscow. The Past and the Present.
One Moscow photographer invented a time-machine, taking old photos of the city and comparing them with the new. The result is amazing. One can see how city is changing, sometimes during almost the whole XX century.
Battle For Staliningrad
In Russian schools kids are being taught that the … in the World War II has happened after the “Battle for Staliningrad”. After this battle it has become possible for Russian troops to reorganize and pass to the offensive. No Russian would you every believe that D-Day was something meaningful in the World War II, according to the point of view of every average Russian who studied history at Secondary School - the only power in the World War II who win the war was the Soviet Union.
A few days ago there was 64th anniversary of this “Staliningrad Battle”, and here is a little photo chronicles from that event.
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AK-47 Kalashnikov museum
This is photoset from Kalashnikov AK-47 Museum in Izhevsk city, Russia. The Kalashnikov Museum was opened in the city of Izhevsk, Russia on November 4, 2004 - one week prior to the AK-47 designer’s 85th birthday as a gift for his anniversary. The budget of the project exceeded US$8,000,000. You can see the photos made by actual museum visitor here in this post: (more…)
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