Guest from the Future
“Guest from the Future” is a Soviet science fiction film created in 1984. The director of this project was Pavel Arsenyev, and the main...
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Thaw
The Thaw was a period of freer political and cultural life in the USSR that began after Stalin’s death in 1953 and lasted until...
Railway accident near Ufa
In June 1989, the largest railway disaster in the history of the USSR and modern Russia occurred, known as the “Asha Tragedy” or “Tragedy...
Political information
Political information in Soviet schools was actively controlled by the state. Students were taught about the science of Marxism-Leninism and socialist revolution, and how...
Afghan war
The Afghan War (often referred to simply as Afghan) was an armed conflict between the Soviet Union and the Afghan government on one side,...
Motorcycles
In the USSR, motorcycle production was at a high level. The most famous brands of motorcycles produced in the USSR were Izh, Minsk, Ural,...
Filmstrips
Filmstrips are projections of images on a screen through a filmstrip projector. In the USSR, filmstrips were very popular in the 60s and 70s...
Soviet trams
Soviet trams were widely used in various cities of the USSR and were an important means of public transport. One of the most famous...