fyeaheasterneurope:

This golden torque was made by Celts in southern Russia ca. the 4th-6th centuries BCE.

I was pretty surprised to see that the Celts were ever as far east as Russia! I learned something new today.

justcopypasting:

Fidel in Moscow, 1.05.1963

fuckyeahrussianpolitics:

Communists and Nationalists in Russia celebrating May Day

fyeaheasterneurope:

I recently saw this post, which claims that the Stockholm subway is the coolest subway. Now, those pictures are pretty damned cool, it’s true, but does the Stockholm subway have chandeliers and Soviet realist art? I think not.

Pictures of the Moscow Metro from here.

fyeahcosmonauts:

The crews of Soyuz TMA-04M had the first round of final exams today. The prime crew (Gennady Padalka, Sergei Revin, Joe Acaba) was tested on the Russian ISS segment and the backup crew (Oleg Novitsky, Evgeny Tarelkin, Kevin Ford) was in the Soyuz simulator. They both passed with scores of 4.8 (prime) and 4.7 (backup) out of a possible 5. Soyuz TMA-04M is scheduled for launch on May 15.

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fyeahcosmonauts:

ikenbot:

Up for Bid: Classic Soviet Space Propaganda Posters

Here’s a cool look into Wired’s recent photo gallery showcasing the ‘Up-for-Bid’ Soviet Propaganda posters revolving space:

Science and communism are inseparable! That is the basic message of this amazing collection of Soviet space propaganda posters that will be auctioned off on Apr. 22.

Featuring Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov, the first and second humans to reach space, along with Krushchev, and of course Lenin, these posters glorify the the Soviet Union’s technological prowess and importance in the world, and in the universe. Many of the posters focus on the role the workers played in the space race, and the ordinary citizen’s duty to feel immensely proud of Mother Russia’s accomplishments.

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If you have a few hundred dollars just sitting around, here’s what to spend it on.

sovietico-deactivated20131127:

Soviet science magazine covers, the one and only.