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In the 1920s, a Soviet Doctor Removed a Dog’s Head and Kept It Alive Without Its Body

July 22, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteUntil now, it’s clear that humans are totally obsessed with performing weird experiments especially, on dogs. Another one […]

The Empire in Color: 28 Incredible Photos Documented Life in Russia From 1905 to 1915

July 14, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteUsing emerging technological advances in color photography, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) made numerous photographic trips to systematically document […]

The Two-Headed Dog Experiment: Shavka and Brodyaga, Two Soviet Dogs Became Famous in History by Becoming One

May 1, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site In 1959 Vladimir Demikhov, a Soviet scientist and organ transplant pioneer, attached the upper body of a […]

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27 Gorgeous Avant-Garde Movie Posters of the Soviet Union

March 20, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Bolsheviks understood the value of the new art of cinema, even Vladimir Lenin himself considered that it […]

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40 Incredibly Colorized Photos of the 1903 Winter Palace Costume Ball

January 17, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 1903 ball in the Winter Palace was a luxurious ball during the reign of the Emperor Nicholas […]

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Just Before USSR Dissolution, These Photos Capture Street Scenes of Moscow in 1990

January 5, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen the USSR was dissolved in 1991, Moscow remained the capital of the Russian SFSR (on December 25, […]

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40 Historical Photos of the Siege of Leningrad

December 16, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the Army Group North […]

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Snegovik: 25 Adorable Soviet Snowman Christmas Cards From the Mid 20th Century

December 15, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSnegovik (Russian: Снегови́к) means a “snowman”, a sculpture of a human figure made of (wet) snow in thaw […]

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Moscow in 1931 Through Branson DeCou’s Lens

November 23, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAmerican photographer and travelogue lecturer Branson DeCou journeyed the world for thirty years before his death in 1941 […]

40 Photos Capture Street Scenes of Soviet Union in the Early 1970s

September 14, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, thus starting the Space Age. […]

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Russian Red Army Dance Ensemble (1940s)

July 22, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Red Army Choir (Choir Aleksandrov) is a performing ensemble that serves as the official army choir of […]

David Bowie Traveling the Trans-Siberian Railway From Vladivostok to Moscow, April 1973

July 5, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1973, David Bowie traveled to the Soviet Union after finishing the Japan leg of his Ziggy Stardust […]

Soviet Union in the Mid-Late 1980s Through Amazing Photos

June 5, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe history of the Soviet Union from 1982 through 1991 spans the period from Leonid Brezhnev‘s death and […]

Moscow in the Late 1970s Through Fascinating Photos

April 29, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteMoscow is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central […]

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Steklovata – “Novi God”, With English Subtitles

April 10, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“Novi God,” which translates to “New Year” in English, was released in 2002 by Russian boy band Steklovata […]

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The Alexandrov Ensemble – “Soldier’s Dance” (1965)

April 8, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“Soldier’s Dance” performed by the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army in Moscow, 1965. The […]

Photos of Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev Flirting and Playing in Moscow’s Gorky Park, 1987

March 31, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIt’s 1987, and business as usual in the Cold War. Relations between Britain and the USSR are strained, […]

The Tragic Story of the Berberovs, a Soviet Family Who Raised Lions as Their Pets at Home in the 1970s

March 22, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe story of the Berberovs – a family from Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan), in the 1970s, […]

Vintage Studio Portraits Depict Russian Types in the 19th Century

March 19, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring the 1860s, several photographers based in Moscow and St. Petersburg produced series of cartes-de-visite showing Russian ‘types.’ […]

Beautiful Color Photos of Moscow and St Petersburg in 1958

February 16, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTake a look at the splendor of Stalinist architecture in Moscow and the majestic wonder of the Czar’s […]

King of Billiards With His Sons, 1886

February 15, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis Russian family portrait was taken back in 1886. The father dressed as the king of billiards and […]

Early Cluster Bomb: The Molotov Bread Basket

January 31, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe RRAB-3, nicknamed the Molotov bread basket (after Vyacheslav M. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister) was a Soviet-made […]

Mickey Mouse’s First Official Visit to the USSR, 1988

November 11, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteMickey Mouse made his premier appearance in the communist country on October 15, 1988, kicking off a two-week […]

Two Rare Photographs of the X-Rated Furniture of Catherine the Great

October 25, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteCatherine II (May 2, 1729 – November 17 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was Empress […]

25 Rare Photographs Capture Everyday Life of Ethnic Koreans in the Former Soviet Union in the Early 20th Century

September 28, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteKoryo-saram is the name which ethnic Koreans in the post-Soviet states use to refer to themselves. The term […]

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