Category: History

The Singer House is one of the most beautiful buildings in Saint Petersburg. Also, it is a home of largest and most famous bookshop, Dom Knigi (“House of the …

An interesting archive of color photographs of Soviet life, is available on the server of the University of Virginia. Today, we brought to your attention the photo, that was …

Online community “Stupid Postcards” collects images of bizarre vintage postcards. While some of them may have a point, some are hard to wrap a head around. So, without further …

In May 1978, Moscow was preparing for 1980 Summer Olympics. The Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Dobrynin proposed to invite the famous athlete and world boxing champion Muhammad …

Human factors are the main causes of the most accidents, catastrophes and fatalities at work. Soviet authorities tried to tell how to avoid the accidents by creating work safety …

Fifty-five years ago today (April 12), astronaut Yuri Gagarin made history, when he got into Soviet Vostok 1 spaceship capsule and launched into space. Yuri Gagarin became the first …

Even though they are unnoticed by an ordinary pedestrians, old steam powered elevators are the hidden treasure of St. Petersburg, Russia. Most of them are out of order, but …

On March 9, 1934, Yury Gagarin was born. In 1961, he became the first human to journey into outer space. Later, in 1965, Yuri Gagarin traveled to France, where …

What’s the opposite of nostalgia? Remorse, maybe? Well, that is what Vladimir Solovev had captured; not so bright side of the Soviet era. Well-known documentary photographer in the 80-ties, …