The first McDonald’s in Moscow that drove the city mad, 1990
This post was originally published on this siteNowadays it’s hard to believe that thousands of people would be willing to stand out in the cold […]
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The Havana high life before Castro and the Revolution, 1920-1950
This post was originally published on this siteCuba’s reputation as an exotic and permissive playground came to light in the 1920s, when the country became […]
The coded world of Russian criminal tattoos, 1960-1990
This post was originally published on this siteIn jails and prisons around the world, tattoos can become a significant part of an inmate’s uniform, not […]
Dior models in the streets of Soviet Moscow, 1959
This post was originally published on this siteAt the end of 1950s a real sensation happened in Moscow: Christian Dior models came to visit the […]
When the Soviets arrived to crush the Prague Spring, 1968
This post was originally published on this siteSome 250,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia overnight from August 20 to 21, 1968, to halt […]
Heinz Meixner defects from East Germany by driving through Checkpoint Charlie after removing his windshield, 1963
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1963, at the height of the Cold War, Heinz Meixner planned a daring escape from East to […]
The rise and fall of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1928-1983
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1920, a group of revolutionary socialists attended a meeting at the Cannon Street Hotel in London. The […]
Four-year-old Michael Finder of East Germany is tossed by his father into a net held by firemen across the border in West Berlin, 1961
This post was originally published on this siteFour-year-old Michael Finder of East Germany is tossed by his father into a net held by residents and […]