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1967 – THE IDEA OF CREATING A TAPE RECORDER - FOUNTAIN PEN
In the January 1967 issue of the magazine "Young Technician", in the Patent Office section, the idea of creating a tape recorder – a...
Чебакова Елизавета
Nov 16, 20229 min read
Between Sound and Silence: The Failure ofthe “Symphony of Sirens” in Baku (1922) andMoscow (1923)
On November 7, 1922, the ships of the Caspian Flotilla gathered in Gavan Baku, a port city on the Caspian Sea in the territory of the...
samedovaophelia
Oct 29, 202219 min read
Cartoons from the USSR about aliens
Contact (1978) Director: Vladimir Tarasov Plot: The cartoon tells about the meeting of a person with an alien who arrived on Earth,...
fetisova.ad
Oct 27, 20226 min read
Monument to Lenin at the depot of the October railway.
The monument to Lenin in the depot of the Oktyabrskaya Railway ("Lenin on wheels") is a sculpture of V. I. Lenin, located in Moscow on...
vislovavarvara533
Oct 20, 20224 min read
Robots in the Soviet fairy tale "One, two, woe is not a problem!"
"One-two – woe does not matter!" is a fantastic fairy tale musical, filmed in 1988 based on the play by Julia Kim. In the second half of...
Елизавета Иванова
Oct 14, 20226 min read
Group "Collective actions" - "random" finds
The group of conceptual artists "Collective Actions" was created in 1976 and existed for thirteen years. The composition of the...
Елизавета Иванова
Sep 25, 202222 min read
Space matryoshka
“Samara Kosmicheskaya” - museum and exhibition center in Samara. With the help of nesting dolls, the museum tells us about the history of...
Sana Lazutkina
Dec 12, 20206 min read
Abandoned heliostation in the mountains
"Arev” is the small unfinished solar thermal power station near Tekher village, designed by Paris Heruni. In the 1990s, the energy crisis...
Sana Lazutkina
Dec 12, 20202 min read
"We were born to make a fairy tale come true"
We were born to make a fairy tale come true — a line from the "Marche of the aviators", written by the poet Pavel Davidovich Herman and...
Diana Avad
Dec 10, 20203 min read
The spirit of the USSR in incandescent light bulbs
The culture of the Soviet era was a culture of symbols that the authorities sought to fix and perpetuate literally in everything:...
andreimelnik123
Dec 10, 20205 min read
Tsar Tank a combat vechile
Tsar Tank (also known as Bat, Lebedenko Tank, Lebedenko Machine, sometimes the Mammoth or Mastodon variant is also found) is a combat...
Diana Avad
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Teaching logic and psychology in the USSR
On December 3, 1946, the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) issued a decree "on teaching logic and psychology in secondary schools". Stalin...
Diana Avad
Dec 3, 20203 min read
Homemade radio in USSR
In the USSR, many interesting toys were created for children and young people. One of them was a set for young radio fans. Let's explore...
Diana Avad
Nov 26, 20203 min read
Soviet poster as a means of promoting the role of women in society.
Born by the revolution, the poster is, at the same time, a creation of Russian art, and this dual origin gives it a special interest. The...
amenova.k
Nov 23, 20205 min read
Board games of the USSR that teach the correct way of life.
The goal of the game is to educate the rules of behavior in society, personal hygiene and a healthy lifestyle. The citizens of the USSR...
alinabutina02
Oct 27, 20205 min read
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