2 Soviet girl draws her Soviet Childhood

Soviet girl draws her Soviet Childhood

From her birth until her fifteenth birthday Zoya lived in Kiev, USSR, and while living there she was taking art classes, so she developed artistic skills. Then she left for Israel and continued taking art classes there. Then, some years after, she decided to put
her memories onto paper. She used her art skills to draw all her childhood memories - all as she remembered them before she left the USSR. Her works are a true time machine for all people who remember USSR and grew up there during that time.
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4 Kiev Retired Man Turns His Hallway into a 19th Century Palace

Kiev Retired Man Turns His Hallway into a 19th Century Palace

Vladimir Chaika turned a hallway of his apartment building - a building where he got an apartment - into a 19th century palace.
What you see here is a work in a progress - not finished yet. However the man spent already sixteen years of his life.
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0 Unique White Tiger Cubs Were Born in Crimea

Unique White Tiger Cubs Were Born in Crimea

Four days ago four white tiger cubs were born. Those are unique animals, very rare in wild nature. Because of their color its harder for
them to survive and to hunt. Not more than 300 of those animals exist in the world, six of them live in this park in Crimea.
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3 Great Ukrainian Wall

Great Ukrainian Wall

After a few years ago Ukraine decided to build a wall on Russian border. Previously there was no border and people could snoop here and there between two states. They
wanted to build a full-time wall, like the Israel is having with Palestine but it turned out most of the funds were stolen in process so they got a fence.
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7 Rare Soviet LADA 2109 Time Capsule

Rare Soviet LADA 2109 Time Capsule

Man has got inherited an absolutely new Soviet LADA Sputnik 2109 car. It has only 49 km on it, still in factory packaging on the seats, was stored in a garage.
Looks like his grandfather has never used it. And this was the most "luxury" car late Soviet people dreamed off. Even some Russian songs mention it.
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7 Why Did Soviet Most Nice Looking Van Fail

Why Did Soviet Most Nice Looking Van Fail

This Russian car, the passenger van, was enchanting many Russian people when it appeared in a cult Soviet movie about Shurik. Soviet
people were arguing if its Soviet creation or an imported luxury. Some even thought this was a self-made car. But it wasn't.
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1 Russian Gaz-21 Volga Time Capsule

Russian Gaz-21 Volga Time Capsule

Gaz-21 Volga car was a symbol of luxury in 1950-1960s in USSR. Very expensive, hard to get, the car that was used by part officials and rich farmers of Georgia alike was attracting sights on the streets. Pity but not many of those survived till now.
However this time guy got lucky - guy discovered a fully untouched car with just around 20,000 km on it. The paint is still shiny and bright as it was sheltered in a garage. No corrosive spots, clean interior, let's take a look!
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1 Foreginer visits Kiev and Odessa in 1968

Foreginer visits Kiev and Odessa in 1968

Another set from another foreigner who visited "closed" country Soviet Union in 1968. His main cities of focus were Kiev and Odessa which are Ukraine now, but at
time it was a pretty much Russian cities as any other city in USSR. Take a look, some atmospheric photos, and which is nice they are in full color.
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2 Soviet Ukraine: Photos of City of Kherson in Different Years

Soviet Ukraine: Photos of City of Kherson in Different Years

Russian Queen Ekaterina has founded Kherson as a fortress and shipbuilding dock in 1778. It was first ever Russian Black Sea Navy base. Soviet power over Kherson was established in 1920 after a short Russian Civil War.
 Biggest population of Kherson ever  - 365,000 people - was in 1989, right before the USSR collapse. Then it became a part of a independent Ukraine. Let's see some photos of the place during the Soviet reign:
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6 Two Ukrainian ladies tried to smuggle huge antiaircraft gun into Poland

Two Ukrainian ladies tried to smuggle huge antiaircraft gun into Poland

Yesteday it was announced that European Parliament approved visa-free travel for Ukrainian citizen. Same day a report of two Ukrainian ladies trying to smuggle anti-aircraft
gun from Ukraine to Poland appeared in social networks. Two unconnected facts but were looking nice in the news feed. Let's see what they tried to smuggle and how:
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