By the rise of the 1970′s the people of the Soviet Union craved and sought after new fashion, new technology, and better products. The first eight Five Year Plan’s had failed to produce enough of the common household necessities for each … Continue reading →
Sputnik and the Space Race
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On Octorber 4, 1957 the first successful space launch occurred and the world looked on in awe as infinite new possibilities were born. The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1 from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan into a low orbit … Continue reading →
“Not One Step Back”
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Wave after wave of German soldiers crashed against the city of Stalingrad, and wave after wave they were stopped by the immovable cliff wall that was the soldiers and people of the city of Stalingrad. The Battle of Stalingrad was … Continue reading →
The Mustache the Masses Loved… Or Did They?
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Joseph Stalin became the center of the Communist Party as the 1930′s passed. Stalin had the short history of the Bolshevik party and the revolution re-written by a group of “objective” historians, to portray a history of the Communist Party … Continue reading →
Big Shoes to Fill
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Even before the death of Lenin, the clear leader of the Communist Party and the Russian people’s idol, the struggle for succession began. The battle was clearly to be between Trotsky and Stalin. Trotsky was the favored candidate in many peoples minds, however only two months before Lenin suffered the first of three strokes in May of […]
Peace At Any Price
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In 1917 the new Russian Revolutionary Government knew that it could never stabilize Russia while still in the midst of WWI. Russia had to seek peace with Germany and the other Central Powers before the struggle to build a new stable government could begin. The new Bolshevik government signed the Treaty of Brest Litovsk after […]
The Duma of the Russian Empire
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The Russian Duma was intended to act as a steady transition towards a more democratic Russia, controlled and guided by the Tsar. However, this first meeting of the Duma (seen above) was far from a controlled change. The Duma spiraled out of the Tar’s control and became a public and legitimate source of revolutionary change […]
“The Times They Are A-Changin”
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This image is an incredible chance to look at a moment in history where change was all around, generations were divided, and old and new clashed. Here a grandfather, son, and granddaughter all stand together for a picture. The grandfather is dressed in traditional Russian clothing while the son and granddaughter wear more […]