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Andrew Northall @andrewnorthall.bsky.social · Oct 15
On 15th October 1967, in the hero city of Volgograd (Stalingrad), the construction of the monument "The Motherland Calls" was completed.

#TheMotherlandCalls #Volgograd #Stalingrad #USSR #SovietUnion #Victory #Liberation
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The unusually abstract and modern tombstone of former leader Nikita Khrushchev, in the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, the second most prestigious place of rest for major Soviet leaders, artists, musicians etc. 8/5/2015

#Khrushchev #Novodevichy #Cemetery #Moscow #Russia #USSR #SovietUnion
January 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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Prisoners of the Soroko-Obozersky Gulag (Soroka Corrective Labour Camp - Soroklag) at rocks works as part of the construction of the Obozerskaya railway line. USSR. Late 1930s.

#Gulag #GulagLabor #GulagLabour #LaborCamp #LabourCamp #Socialism #Socialist #Construction #Socialism #USSR #SovietUnion
January 8, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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Soviet soldiers in Kabul, Afghanistan, a few weeks before their official departure. 1989

#Kabul #Afghanistan #USSR #SovietUnion #Intervention #Soviet #Military #PDPA
January 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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"Enemy of the people"

A Red Army soldier escorts the former burgomaster of Feodosia, Vasily Sofronovich Gruzinov.

Subsequently executed by firing squad for collaboration in mass murder of Soviet citizens under occupation.

#Collaborator #Execution #Executed #Traitor #Nazis #RedArmy #SovietRedArmy
January 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Women members of the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan celebrate the Saur Revolution of April 1978, which brought about popular power in Afghanistan under the leadership of the PDPA.

#Afghanistan #PDPA #Saur #SaurRevolution #Revolution #WomensEmancipation
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

#Wenceslas #Square #Prague #Czechoslovakia #Socialist #Republic #Socialism #Communism
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Palestinian ambassador to the UK Dr Husam Zomlot speaks during the inauguration ceremony for the Embassy of the State of Palestine, in the @mstaronline.bsky.social 🇵🇸

#Palestine #FreePalestine #PalestineWillBeFree @pscupdates.bsky.social #MorningStar
January 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Celebrating the centenary of Lenin's birth.

The banner is a quote from Mayakovsky and translates something like "Lenin is still alive! Our knowledge, strength and weaponry more alive than ever!"

#Mayakovsky #Lenin #RedSquare #Moscow #USSR #SovietUnion
January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces) Moscow Oblast, Russia 🎄 ☦️ 🇷🇺

#Cathedral #Resurrection #Christ #ArmedForces #RussianArmedForces #Moscow #Russia #Christmas #Orthodox #OrthodoxChurch
January 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, 1979

Author of the photo: Pavel Balabanov.

#Baku #Azeri #Azerbaijan #Soviet #Socialist #Republic #USSR #SovietUnion #Socialism #Communism
January 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Cde Joe Slovo, outstanding Communist and leader of the South African Communist Party, former chief of staff of uMkhonto weSizwe, the South African people’s liberation army, died 6th January 1995

#Slovo #JoeSlovo #SACP #MK #ANC #Apartheid #SouthAfrica #SouthAfrican
January 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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"Kate", the Second KGB Control in The Americans, responsible for Department S agents in Reagan's America in the early 1980s. Played by actress Wrenn Schmidt.

#Kate #KGB #TheAmericans #Reagan #America #WrennSchmidt #Illegals #Actress #TVSeries
January 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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Tina Modotti, comrade Maria, militant of the Communist Party of Mexico, part of the El Machete team, volunteers in Spain in defense of the Republic, exemplary communist and superb photographer, died 5 January 1942

#TinaModetti #CommunistParty #Mexico #ElMachete #Spain #Communist #Photographer
January 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Women of Afghanistan, painting by Izzat Klychev, USSR, 1988.

#Afghanistan #Women #Painting #Painter #Artist #USSR #SovietUnion
January 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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1st May, Soviet Ukrainian poster, USSR, 1954

#MayDay #Soviet #Ukraine #SovietUkraine #USSR #SovietUnion #LaborDay #LabourDay
January 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Viktor Abakumov, head of the Smersh Main Directorate (right), and Lieutenant General Alexander Vadis, head of the Smersh Main Directorate of the 1st Belorussian Front,

#Abakumov #Smersh #SovietRedArmy #Berlin #Hitler #EvaBraun #MGB #Victory #Liberation #Germany #USSR
January 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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Soviet premier Nikolai Ryzhkov speaking at the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. July 1990. Valentin Sobolev TASS 16928312

#Soviet #Premier #CommunistParty #CPSU #Kremlin #USSR #SovietUnion #Congress #Ryzhkov
January 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Belorussky Railway Station Square (now Tverskaya Zastava Square) during the celebrations of the 55th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution in November 1972, Moscow, USSR

#Belorussky #Railway #Station #RailwayStation #Great #October #Socialist #Revolution #Moscow
January 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Statue of Soviet leader Iosif Stalin in the city of his birth, Gori, Georgia.

#Stalin #SovietLeader #Gori #Georgia #USSR #SovietUnion
January 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Natasha Khadr as Goa'uld System Lord Bastet in the Stargate SG1 franchise.

#NatashaKhadr #Actress #Bastet #Stargate #StargateSG1 #Goauld
January 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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ISIS is striving to regain its strength. In total, they carried out 220 attacks in 2025. The fight against ISIS is therefore continuing unabated and with full force.
January 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Nikita Khrushchev, Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh at a banquet in Beijing dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, 1959
January 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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In Iran, the turmoil continues - STEVE BISHOP looks at what has triggered the mass protests in Iran
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In Iran, the turmoil continues
AT THE turn of the year, the Islamic Republic of Iran is facing its most significant internal crisis for many years. At the end of December, what began as localised frustration over a stagnant economy...
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January 4, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Mourners carrying floral wreaths to add to the mountain of flowers at the bier of deceased Soviet leader Iosif Stalin in the Hall of Columns in Moscow. 9th March 1953

#USSR #SovietUnion #Moscow #Stalin #Lenin #Mausoleum #Mourners #Floral #Flowers
January 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Communist Party leading figures Nina Temple, general secretary Gordon McLennan and Mick McGahey, Vice President, National Union of Mineworkers, at the 39th (Special) Congress of the Communist Party of Great Britain, May 1985.

#CPGB #CommunistParty #GreatBritain #Congress #McGahey #Temple
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM