Photos of WWII veterans from 15 former Soviet republics

Why former seminarian Joseph Stalin tried to eradicate religion in the Soviet Union

When the October Revolution shook the Russian Empire in 1917, the era of communist rule began. The new country had to live according to new laws. Religion was viewed by the leaders of the world proletariat as an obstacle to a prosperous socialist society. As Karl Marx said, "communism begins where atheism begins." Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin is a figure in history as famous as he is controversial. It so happened that it was he who led the unique

Why the Baltics were called "Soviet Abroad", and what goods of these republics were chased for in the USSR

In the USSR, the Baltic States have always been different, and have never fully become Soviet. The local ladies were different from the rank-and-file union workers, and the men were different from the rank-and-file builders of communism. Under the Soviet Union, three small agrarian states grew into a developed industrial region. It was here that the brands that the whole USSR longed for were born. Soviet citizens rightfully called the Baltic lands their own foreign countries

How portrait painter Anna Ladd gave new faces to WWI veterans

It is sometimes joked that anaplastology - the science of how to make the face or body look acceptable with a prosthesis - was named after her, Anna Ladd. Of course not. But it still stands at the origins of anaplastology. Ladd - legendary, as they said at the beginning of the twentieth century, "sculptress" who returned the possibility of a full human life and communication to dozens of soldiers disfigured by the First World War

Little-known WWII photos that reveal interesting facts

When it comes to World War II, it seems that almost everything is known about her, and photographs of those years wander from one publication to another. But sometimes little-known photographs of the war years appear, which allow you to look at the terrible events of that war from a completely different angle. Take a look and once again make sure that the war has no nationality, and any attempt to rehabilitate Nazism is a crime against humanity

The life and love of the Lobachevs - war veterans who were not prevented by amputations from enjoying life

When war was declared, Komsomol member Vasily Lobachev, who lived at that time in sunny Baku, volunteered for the front, without hesitation. His combat path was short-lived: he received his baptism of fire in battles on the Klin direction near Moscow, and was wounded at Sinyavino on the Volkhov front. On the operating table, Vasily lost his arms and legs, but after the Victory he found the strength to triple his job, start a family and raise two sons