Over 900 pages of research and information about life in the Soviet Union are in Karl Schlögel's new book, The Soviet Century. Take a free look inside the Table of Contents, Intro, and Index to learn more: https://princeton.press/hpmgh1

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The Soviet Century

An encyclopedic and richly detailed history of everyday life in the Soviet Union

I see the schools are upgrading the mask mandates. 😄

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Photo details: "In the courtyard of a Moscow house". Photo by Ilya Rautenshtein, USSR, 1930s. Via #SovietVisuals

Commenting on his posthumous life among the people, Stalin told Comrade Molotov,

"I know that after my death mound of lies will pile up on that tomb, but the winds of history of today or tomorrow will blown that mound away without any mercy."

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Some nice soviet aesthetichttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-design-history

But, for the most part, soviets stole their best designs from the West: https://io9.gizmodo.com/incredible-soviet-rip-offs-of-western-technologies-973280252

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The Overlooked Wonders of Soviet-Era Industrial Design

Space-themed vacuum cleaners, and more.