Kino Group
Kino was one of the most popular Soviet rock bands in the 1980s, led by legendary musician Viktor Tsoi. They recorded over 10 studio...
Office Romance
“Office Romance” is a Soviet comedy filmed in 1977 by director Eldar Ryazanov. The film tells the story of employees of some state institution...
Computer Orion-128
In 1990, a friend and I learned from the Radio magazine about the possibility of assembling a pretty decent Orion-128 computer ourselves, which was...
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...
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...