#soviet-era

[sxpxrmxrgxr]

[sonimage1965]

Moscow

1946

[zombilenium]

“Restricted Areas” 

Courtesy: Danila Tkachenko

[cavenewstimestoday]

Soviet-era spacecraft set to plunge to Earth half-century after failed launch to Venus...

By  MARCIA DUNN Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth. It’s too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might come down or how much of it will survive reentry, according to space debris-tracking experts. Dutch…

Soviet-era spacecraft set to plunge to Earth half-century after failed launch to Venus...

[rvexillology]

Some soviet-era Russian city crest pins (relevant flags usually feature these crests or symbols)

from /r/vexillology Top comment: Clockwise: Гвоздёвка (Gvozdyovka) a regional settlement Симферополь (Simferopol) Crimean capital Саратов (Saratov) Ростов (Rostov) Печоры (Pechori) Джанкой (Dzhankoi) Crimean town Москва (Moscow) I think these are lovely designs with interesting imagery and nice colors. If there is interest I can post more. (No intention of being political with grouping Crimea under the “Russian” umbrella here, these are of Russian manufacture and (as I understand) were common tourist souvenirs.) EDIT: line breaks and I forgot Moscow of all things

[wtf-fun-factss]

Abandoned villages in Russia - WTF fun facts

[hastur]

Russia Wants Bulgarians to Stop Painting Soviet Monuments To Look Like American Superheroes

According to a report by the Moscow Times, pranksters in Bulgaria are repainting Soviet-era monuments so that Soviet military heroes look like American Superheroes. Needless to say, the Russians are not too happy about it.

[illustrationisart]

Leonid Vladimirovitch Soyfertis (Сойфертис Леонид Владимирович)(1911-1996) published in KroKodil magazine (журнал о крокодилах)