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Young Kirghiz women reading the national epic "Manas", Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, late 1940s

#Kirghiz #Women #Kyrgyz #Education #Literacy #Freedom #Liberation #Uzbek #Uzbekistan #USSR #SovietUnion #Manas #Socialism #Communism

19.11.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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KATJA PAVIŠIĆ-ŠPERAC was born on 19th November 1916, in Omiő. She joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1938 and was an active Partisan during the War. She was killed in 1943 while carrying out a mission.

#KATJAPAVIŠIĆ-ŠPERAC #Yugoslavia #Partisan #FreedomFighter #Communist #CommunistParty

19.11.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Parade of physical culture enthusiasts on Red Square, Moscow, 7 November 1977.

#RedSquare #Moscow #USSR #SovietUnion #November #October #Socialist #Revolution

19.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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November 6, 1931 - in Moscow, a delegation from Lugansk presented to the government the first steam locomotive of the "Felix Dzerzhinsky" series.

#Dzerzhinsky #Locomotive #Train #Railway #Lugansk #Cheka #OGPU #NKVD #USSR #SovietUnion

19.11.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"The unity of the Party and the people is unbreakable" USSR, 1970-80

#USSR #SovietUnion #Poster #Party #CommunistParty #CPSU #Unity #People #Socialism #Communism #Brezhnev

19.11.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestinian Feminist Collective
"The reality of return in Gaza: They may demolish our homes, but they will never remove us from belonging to our land."

#Palestinian #Palestine #Gaza #Feminist #Collective #FreePalestine #PalestineShallBeFree #Liberation #Statehood

19.11.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Russian Aerospace Forces long range strategic nuclear bomber TU-95MS (NATO reporting name "Bear") launches a KH-101 cruise missile against terrorist targets.

#Π’ΠšΠ‘ #VKS #Russian #Russia #Bear #TU95 #CruiseMissile

19.11.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A recreation area for workers at the Baku Household Air Conditioner Plant. Azerbaijan SSR, 1982

19.11.2025 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Italian actress Sophia Loren visiting the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the Kremlin, Moscow, in July 1965. Loren was attending the 4th Moscow International Film Festival, which was held from 5 to 20 July 1965.

#Italian #Italy #SophiaLoren #USSR #SovietUnion #Moscow #Actress

18.11.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gloria Grahame in possibly her greatest film and finest performance as Debby Marsh in Fritz Lang's "The Big Heat" (1953), co-starring Lee Marvin and Glenn Ford.

#GloriaGrahame #FilmActress #Film #Films #Actress #TheBigHeat

18.11.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Long live the fraternal union created by the Great October and the indestructible friendship of the peoples of the USSR!", USSR, 1957

#USSR #SovietUnion #Great #October #Revolution #Soviet #Poster #Peoples #Socialism #Communism

18.11.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nguyen Thi Minh Hien (right) became Heroine of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam at 20 years old. She took part in 17 battles and shot down 174 enemy targets.

#NguyenThiMinhHien #Vietnam #Democratic #Republic #Heroine #National #Liberation #Struggle

18.11.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Festive illumination and a march of torches at the Soviet Memorial at Treptower Park East Berlin on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the German Democratic Republic, 1974.

#TreptowerPark #SovietMemorial #GDR #DDR #East #Berlin #EastBerlin #Germany #German #Democratic #Republic

18.11.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Long live March 8th, Women's Day of Struggle", Yugoslavian Communists, 1945.

#March8 #IWD #Yugoslavia #Yugoslavian #Communist #Communists

18.11.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#AntonFransch #ANC #SACP #MK #SouthAfrica #RSA #Apartheid #Liberation #Struggle #FreedomFighter #ArmedStruggle

18.11.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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London policeman near a burning car, following a Communist Party led march in the East End of London to defend against Mosley's fascists. 1936

#EastEand #London #CommunistParty #GreatBritain #CPGB #Mosley #NoPasaran #Communists #Communist #WorkingClass #Solidarity #Policeman

18.11.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Transfer of the flag of Paris communists to Moscow workers at the Kodynka in Moscow", 1920s. Isaac Israilevich Brodsky (1883 - 1939)

#Painting #Painter #Art #Artist #USSR #SovietUnion #Paris #Commune #Communards #RedFlag #IsaacBrodsky #Communists #Socialism #Communism

18.11.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Karin Field in a promotional shot from Nella stretta morsa del ragno / Web of the Spider (Italy, 1971).

#KarinField #Actress #Film #Web #Spider #Italian #Italy

17.11.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pioneers at the Eternal Flame pay tribute to the fallen heroes, Tolyatti, USSR, 1981⁠

#Pioneers #EternalFlame #Tolyatti #Togliatti #USSR #SovietUnion #War #Peace

17.11.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The so-called "vampire brides" from Universal's Spanish-language version of DrΓ‘cula (1931).

#Draculka #Film #VampireBrides #Spanish

17.11.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Long Live The Great, Invincible Banner of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin!" USSR. A. Kossov in 1953.

#USSR #SovietUnion #Socialism #Communism #Banner #Marx #Engels #Lenin #Stalin #Marxism #Leninism

17.11.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The grand opening of Leningrad Metro Station Ploshchad Vosstaniya (Uprising Square), 15 November 1955

#Leningrad #Metro #Station #MetroStation #Uprising #Square #November #Socialism #Communism

17.11.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Red Square on 7 November 1918", painting by People's Artist of the RSFSR A. Belykh

#October #Revolution #Bolshevik #Painting #Artist #Painter #RedSquare #Russia #Bolsheviks #Lenin #USSR

17.11.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ί 🚲 25 cyclists have completed a 200 mile sponsored ride through Cuba with CSC.
In Pinar del Rio they visited local unions and donated medical supplies to the Luis Augusto Turcios Lima polyclinic, and braille machines and educational supplies, to the JosΓ© Marti Special School.

17.11.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On 17th November 1970, for the first time in the history of cosmonautics, an automatic lunar self-propelled vehicle controlled from Earth was delivered to the Moon by the Soviet Union and began scientific research.

#SovietUnion #USSR #SpaceProgram #Lunar #Moon #Earth

17.11.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#OtD 17 Nov 1973 the Athens Polytechnic uprising began against the Greek military junta, after an army tank rolled over the gates of the University to evict protesting students who occupied it 3 days previously stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8927...

17.11.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Palestinian woman recounts harrowing details of rape and torture in Israeli prisons This article contains graphic harrowing details of rape and sexual violence against a Palestinian woman that some readers will find upsetting

Palestinian woman recounts harrowing details of rape and torture in Israeli prisons www.thecanary.co/global/world...

@thecanaryuk.bsky.social #Palestine #FreePalestine #PalestineShallBeFree #Israel #Israeli

17.11.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Buying ice cream at the 1950 May Day celebrations. Moscow. USSR

Photo Credit: Yuri Krivonosov

#IceCream #MayDay #Troops #Soldiers #Moscow #USSR #SovietUnion

16.11.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978). 1910.

#Russian #Ballerina #TamaraKarsavina #Ballet #Russia

16.11.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Battle Cruiser "Aurora" firing shots to mark the 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.

#Leningrad #Battle #Cruiser #Aurora #October #Socialist #Revolution #USSR #SovietUnion #Socialism #Communism

16.11.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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