#History of the Soviet Union

[gregor-samsung]

Ледокол [The Icebreaker] (Nikolay Khomeriki - 2016)

[kinuskikakku]

Lenin (& Trotsky too I guess): It’s just a jump to the left!

Stalin: And a step to the riii-iii-iii-iiight! 

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

24th August 1991: Ukrainians celebrate their declaration of independence. X

The majority of people in every region of Ukraine voted to break free from the Soviet Union.

[zvyozdochka]

Soviet New Year tree lights, 1960s.

[high-quality-tiktoks]

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reassurance but the opposite actually

[nature-nerd-sarah]

Since people wanna celebrate the moon landing so bad, lemme remind you which country actually hit most milestones in the space race first (image source in alt)

[lionofchaeronea]

Dusk, Mikhail Guzhavin, 1927

[apenitentialprayer]

TIL that one of the ways the Soviet Union tried to kill Orthodox Christian piety was by (falsely) claiming that kissing of holy icons caused epidemics of syphilis.

[reactor-four-official]

Stained glass windows in the administrative building of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was one of the largest in the Soviet Union and the poster child of the Soviet nuclear power industry. As such, little expense was spared on details like these windows.

The Soviet Union often used motifs in abstract art to promote Communism and laude their successes.

For more info, check out my reblog of this post.

[folklorespring]

May 18 is the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars from the territory of Crimea in 1944 by the Soviet authorities. It is also a remembrance day for the victims of this genocide.

Thread on deportation of Crimean Tatars

[silverfox66]

I found this meme, and now this one pops up in my head every time I see a russian or a tankie claim that the USSR "saved the world from nazism" and ignore this "minor" detail.

[gregor-samsung]

Ледокол [The Icebreaker] (Nikolay Khomeriki - 2016)

[nameinconcept-blog]

"The blizzards are whirling, but neither Hutsul wooden cottages, nor evergreen fir-trees are afraid of colds"

From the book "Буковина" published by "Art". 1989

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

The fall of the Soviet Union in Ukraine.

A majority of people in every Ukrainian region voted for independence in 1991.

[zvyozdochka]

Soviet tree decorations c.1930s - 80s.

[gamer2002]