Tashkent
Tashkent was founded in the 8th-7th centuries BC and is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia. At various times, it was the...
Monthly Archives: November 2024
Postage stamps
The USSR had a long tradition of issuing postage stamps, which often reproduced images of prominent figures, landmarks, cultural and historical monuments, animals and...
Peasant Magazine (Krestyanka Magazine)
The magazine “Krestyanka” was one of the most popular magazines published in the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1991. It was created for women,...
Mosaics on the walls of houses in the USSR
Mosaic on walls was very common in the USSR. It could be an ordinary residential building, or it could be a factory workshop. In...
Airships
In the USSR, airships were used and developed. In the early 1920s, the first Soviet passenger airship was created. On December 7, 1931, by...
Record player Yunost-301
Specifications: Nominal output power of the amplifier is 1 W. Frequency range: 150…7000 Hz. Tube amplifier. Dimensions of the model are 390x285x160 mm. Weight...
My collection of books from the USSR era (part 1)
Bibliomania (a passion for collecting books) was quite common in the USSR. People would buy entire collections of works. For example, Jules Verne or...