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Celebrate the art, music, history, architecture, and glory of the Soviet Union.
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Another really cool shot of the same person, though not as high quality of an image
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Soviet nuclear-powered icebreaker "Lenin" followed by icebreaker "Yermak" traversing the Northern Sea Route, 1961
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Fun fact: Icebreaker Lenin was the world's first nuclear-powered ship that launched in 1957, exactly 40 years after the revolution. In 40 years the Soviets managed to go from an agrarian feudal state to harvesting the atom for power and just a few years after this ship was launched, traversing the cosmos. :)
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Decorative tiles made by American and Soviet school children from the Seattle-Tashkent Peace Park in the former Uzbek SSR
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You can actually see a bunch of these tiles in Seattle's Tashkent Park still to this day, though they're not as well preserved as the ones in Tashkent which is a shame because a few of the ones I saw in pictures were really wholesome.
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"Citizens of the USSR are obliged to protect nature and guard her wealth", Soviet environmental poster from 1978
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Oops.
The town was renamed to Asbest in 1928 and was known for its asbestos industry.
