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[sovietpostcards]

Eternal Flame by T. Belozyorov, illustrated by V. Pertsov (1979)

[ancientorigins]

Bronze Age Sword Found at Secret New Site in Czech Republic

The rare find of a 3,000-year-old sword unearthed in the Czech Republic is considered a major discovery and will advance knowledge of the pre-historic Lusatian culture of Central Europe.

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The Flower of Battle – A Medieval Manuscript of Martial Arts

The Flower of Battle is an illuminating manuscript of medieval martial arts. Written by an Italian master, this ancient manual details the art of various fighting methods in the artistic way only a medieval manuscript can. It is one of the oldest fighting manuals in existence.

[beidak]

wreath girls by Grzegorz Marzewski

[ancientorigins]

7,000-Year-Old Ritual Site Unearthed in Poland

The discovery of a Stone Age ritual site in Poland has revealed a Neolithic henge three times larger than Stonehenge in the UK. Researchers have dated the site to almost 7,000-years-old. They are continuing to excavate and study the site and hope it will reveal more about the ancient society who created and used it.

[fannyrosie]

Stumbling upon a very interesting café, only to discover it’s closed on weekends.

[thisherelight]

as is normal round here we moved right through our three days of fall into winter. I have nothing to complain about there. I always love changes in the weather. It’s like going somewhere new without all the hassles of travel. 

still, 6 months is a long time of white and brown. 

[thecollectibles]

Art by Julia Zhuravleva

[nevver]

Winter is coming, Christophe Jacrot

[pocarovna]

[ruspeach]

Просто трамвай в солнечный день [prosta tramvai f solnichnyj den’] - Just a tram in a sunny day www.ruspeach.com

[drapeau-rouge]

Dr. Norman Bethune, Communist Party of Canada member, Spanish Civil War veteran, internationalist & surgeon passed away on this day in 1939 in Tangxian, China, of blood poisoning from an infection while operating on wounded soldiers of the Communist Party of China’s Eighth Route Army.

Dr. Bethune organized the first blood-transfusion unit ever established in battlefield conditions during the Spanish Civil War. Bethune also led Canada’s first public campaign for free, universal health care.

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“Young builders of communism! Go forward to new succeses in labour and education!” - poster designed by M. Solovyov (1950)

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By Szymon Kobyliński :)

Slavs, our valentines day are at 24th June :)

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Girl with a bird March 8 (International Women’s Day) postcard by V. Zarubin (1987)

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College hockey team (1957)

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Probably my favourite children’s book artist - Syuzanna Byalkovskaya. These two are from the 1974 book called “If You Sit Really Really Quietly in the Forest”.