Defense of the Red October plant. Stalingrad. 1942 #Great #Patriotic #War #WorldWarTwo #WW2 #RedOctober #Stalingrad #USSR #SovietUnion #Victory #Liberation #Socialism #Communism #Defense

"Admission to the Komsomol", Sergei Grigoryev. USSR. 1949. The Komsomol was the Young Communist League in the Soviet Union. #Komsomol #Young #Communist #League #USSR #SovietUnion #Painting #Painter #Artist #Grigoryev

Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev in a 1967 performance of the ballet Spartacus with music by Aram Khachaturian. USSR. #EkaterinaMaximova #Vasiliev #Khachaturian #Spartacus #Ballet #Music #USSR #SovietUnion

On 2 November 1938, for carrying out an unprecedented flight from Moscow to the Far East and covering 6,450 km, aviators V. Grizodubova, P. Osipenko, and M. Raskova were awarded the title of Heroes of the Soviet Union and received the Order of Lenin. #Aviators #USSR #SovietUnion #Moscow #Record

Soviet Red Army sniper Maria Kuvshinova. Recipient of the Order of Glory 3rd class, eliminated several dozen German soldiers and officers. #MariaKuvshinova #Kuvshinova #Sniper #SovietRedArmy #RedArmy #USSR #SovietUnion #Victory #Liberation #Socialism #Communism

#OtD 1 Nov 1850 Elisabeth Dmitrieff was born in Russia. A revolutionary from a young age, she went to the Paris Commune of 1871 at 20 years old and organised working class women in the Women's Union, which she co-founded with Nathalie Lemel stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8132...

The monument of the T-34 tank "Chelyabinsk collective farmer", part of the Memorial Complex "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" on Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd. #T34 #Chelyabinsk #MamayevKurgan #Volgograd #Stalingrad #Tank #Tanks #USSR #SovietRedArmy #RedArmy #SovietUnion #Monument

The tomb of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu, Ghencea Cemetery, Bucharest, Romania 🇷🇴 #Ceausescu #Romania #Bucharest #Romania #Tomb #Cemetary

Russian ballerina Svetlana Zakharova pointing the way. 🇷🇺 ❤️ #Zakharova #Svetlana #Russian #Ballerina #Ballet #Pointing

Following decisions taken by the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in October 1961, the body of Soviet leader Iosif Stalin was removed #Stalin #Lenin #Mausoleum #RedSquare #Moscow #Congress #CommunistParty #USSR #SovietUnion

Women miners in Chelyabinsk Region, USSR, 1943. Tetyueva (blaster) and Kotelnikova (underground catalytic). State Historical Museum of the South Urals. #Women #Miners #Chelyabinsk #SouthUrals #USSR #SovietUnion #Russia #Mining

On 1st November 1987, Delhi's Nehru Park hosted the unveiling of the grand Comrade Lenin statue. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Soviet Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov marked the 70th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, symbolising the strong bond between India and Russia. #India #Russia #Gandhi

Split, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1980s. #Split #Socialist #Federal #Republic #Yugoslavia #Socialism

Mosaic Stantsiya Kievskaya (Moscow Metro Station Kievskaya) ❤️ 🇷🇺 #Mosaic #Metro #Station #MoscowMetro #MetroStation #Kievskaya #Kiev

Your Party aims to replace Labour as political home of the left, says @zarahsultana.bsky.social, reported in the @mstaronline.bsky.social morningstaronline.co.uk/article/your... #ZarahSultana #MorningStar #YourParty #Labour #LabourParty

In this weekend's Morning Star @mstaronline.bsky.social #SuzanneVega #MorningStar #NewYork

In this weekend's @mstaronline.bsky.social #RachelReeves #Budget #FiscalRules #MorningStar #Socialism

The triplets Vera, Nadezhda, and Lyubov as university students in Odessa, 1968.

Soviet aviators of the all-female 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment ("Night Witches"), 1943. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei

The former Hotel Bolshaya Moskovskaya (Grand Moscow Hotel) located on Derybasivska Street in Odessa, Ukraine. #GrandMoscowHotel #Odessa #Ukraine #Hotel

"We are going to a new life", USSR, 1953. Artist: Kitaev Ahmed Ibadullovich. #USSR #SovietUnion #Graduation #School #Painting #Painter #Art #Artist

The Central Telegraph Building in Moscow, USSR, 1958. The slogans read "Glory to the Soviet People!" and "We will mark the 21st Congress of the CPSU (Communist Party of the Soviet Union) with new labour victories!" #CentralTelegraphBuilding #Moscow #USSR #SovietUnion

Flower sellers in Komsomolskaya ploshchad (Komsomol Square). Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Moscow, USSR, 1954. Kazansky Station to the left. #FlowerSellers #Komsomol #Square #Moscow #USSR #SovietUnion #Station

Galina Ulanova, in her Dressing Room, January 1947. She was a Soviet and Russian Russian ballet dancer and frequently cited as being one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. #GalinaUlanova #Ballerina #Ballet #Soviet #Russian #USSR #SovietUnion

Lenin and the Working Woman: 'In the land of Soviets, every kitchen maid must learn how to govern the state.' -Lenin." USSR, 1926 #USSR #SovietUnion #SovietState #Women #Equality #Emancipation #State #Govern #KitchenMaid #Workers #WorkingClass #Lenin

Acting President of the USSR, Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev, during the State of Emergency, August 1991 #USSR #SovietUnion #AugustCoup #StateofEmergency #Soviet #Socialism #Communism #August

Linda Darnell as Stella in "Fallen Angel" (1945), #LindaDarnell #Stella #FallenAngel #Actress #FilmActress #Film #Films

Muriel Green, South East Midlands District Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, speaking at the Party's 38th Congress, November 1983. At the time, Green was the only woman full time district secretary for the CPGB. #CommunistParty #CPGB #Communist #Party #Congress

"Let's water the collective farm fields with Volga water!" Soviet poster, 1950. #USSR #SovietUnion #CollectiveFarms #Farms #Agriculture #Water #Volga #SovietPoster #Soviet #Poster

Cleaning a classroom. Photo by Viktor Sednev, Khabarovsk, USSR, 1971. #USSR #SovietUnion #Cleaning #Cleaners #Classroom #Schools #Education #Khabarovsk

On 30 October 1967, the world's first automatic docking of two unmanned spacecraft, "Kosmos-186" and "Kosmos-188," took place. #USSR #SovietUnion #Space #SpaceRace #Spacecraft #October

#OtD 30 Oct 1944 the left-wing Greek People's Liberation Army liberated Thessaloniki from Nazi occupation. They stopped the Nazis from blowing up power plants and food factories and attacked retreating German units, then paraded through the streets stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1033...

30 October 1968: Ka-pow! A gun-slinging East German model models a new outfit designed by VEB Bekleidungswerk Zwickau

#OtD 29 Oct 1942 21-year-old Polish nurse and resistance activist Danuta Terlikowska was executed in the Auschwitz concentration camp with a phenol injection to the heart. Witnesses said she was calm and that they would always remember her face stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1013...

#OtD 29 Oct 1948 Israeli forces massacred hundreds of Palestinians in Al-Dawayima. Women were raped, and elders, children and a newborn baby were murdered. 200-1000 people were killed and the survivors forced to flee to the West Bank and Jordan

Marshal Josip Broz Tito, prime minister, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia at his desk. 1947 #Tito #MarshalTito #Yugoslavia #USSR #SovietUnion #Stalin #PrimeMinister

October 1943. The family of partisan Plotnikov returns from the forest after the liberation of the city of Nevel. #October #USSR #SovietUnion #Partisan #Partisans #Resistance #Victory #Liberation

Evening, GUM Department Store, Red Square, Moscow 🇷🇺 #GUM #DepartmentStore #RedSquare #Moscow #Russia #Evening

"Soviet means excellent!" Soviet poster, USSR, 1960s #Soviet #Excellent #Excellence #USSR #SovietUnion #Poster

Elaine Stewart (1930 - 2011) #ElaineStewart #FilmActress #Film #Films #Actress

Day Two of the State of Emergency in the USSR, 20 August 1991. By Igor Palmin #StateofEmergency #USSR #SovietUnion #August #Gorbachev #Socialism #Communism #Palmin

Operators in the automation and computing department of the Lykov Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer of the Academy of Sciences of the Belarusian SSR. Minsk, 1982 (Photo by Viktor Drachev) #Minsk #Belarus #USSR #SovietUnion #Women #Equality

Chilean army troops taking control of the streets in capital Santiago during the Pinochet coup 11 September 1973 #Chile #Chilean #Santiago #Coup #September11 #Pinochet

On October 29, 1917, an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks meeting confirmed Lenin's resolution for an armed uprising. Sverdlov, Stalin, Dzerzhinsky, Bubnov, Uritsky were elected to the Military Centre to lead the uprising. #Bolsheviks #October #OctoberRevolution

"The monument that conquered the world! This is a true work of art that strikes the imagination even after decades!" The Rabochiy i Kolkhoznitsa statue, the Central Pavilion of the VDNKh behind, Prospekt Mira, Moscow, USSR #VDNKh #USSR #SovietUnion #Soviet #Worker #CollectiveFarmer #Farmer

#OtD 29 Oct 2000 14-year-old Palestinian Faris Odeh stood alone in front of an Israeli tank in Gaza and threw a stone at it, during the second intifada, photographed by AP's Laurent Rebours. 10 days later Odeh was shot in the neck and killed by the IDF stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1263...

29 October 1968: stamps issued in the GDR commemorating the 50th anniversary of the November revolution

The Gold on the Blue. The River Station. Moscow. Russia. 🇷🇺 #Gold #Blue #Star #Hammer #Sickle #River #Station #Moscow #River

"Quality check department". Painting by Nikita Fedosov, USSR, 1964. #Quality #qualityCheck #SuperModels #Painting #Painter #USSR #SovietUnion

"We are not Yankees. We are Slavs. Our brothers are Russians!" Odessa, Ukraine, 2007. #Yankees #Slavs #Ukrainians #Russians #Ukraine #Russia #Odessa