The "Prietenia" (Friendship) train waiting to depart Bucharest North station for Chișinău, Moldova, with cars also bound for Kiev, as one of the few soviet era passenger trains to still travel EU rails. Due to the gauge changing from Standard (European) 1435 mm to Russian 1520 mm at the border, the cars then need to be lifted, with passengers still inside, in order to have the bogies changed.

#train #trains #trainstation #trainspotting #soviet #sovietera

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Russia's Tuapse oil refinery disaster deepens after new drone strike -- Russia has a new missile: here's what we know about the S-71K -- Russia preparing to recruit thousands of foreign fighters in 2026 -- Russian Iskander missile storage facility in occupied Crimea hit, Ukraine's Special Forces release video ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/wednesday-april-29-2026/

Architecture Tallinn A Soviet-era building solid, functional, uncompromising. Concrete shaped by ideology, now part of the city’s layered history. 97018500_6 #Architecture #Tallinn #SovietEra #UrbanHistory #lassetur

The First Swallows stands tall in #Vilnius. More #ThrowbackThursday from our trip to #Lithuania a few years ago.

Completed in 1964 by Lithuanian sculptor Juozas Mikėnas it is one of the few Soviet era sculptures that still stand in public places.


#sculpture #statue #art #SovietEra #monochrome #bnw #TBT

картинка из прошлого ⦾ via https://pastvu.com/p/2485572 ⦾ https://humus.livejournal.com/10466833.html 🧷 #AndréDurand #AndreDurand #collages #webautarky #reportagephotography #socialphotography #Sovietera #malegaze #mechanicalscales #quarterclownery #pastvu #MW #dated #1990s

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Ukraine hits Russian drone hub, ammunition depot, S-400 air defense system in series of strikes -- For first time, Ukraine hits 2 Russian anti-submarine amphibious aircraft in occupied Crimea -- Slovakia, Hungary excluded from initial EU drone wall talks -- Ahead of elections, Moldova’s president warns of Kremlin interference ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/tuesday-september-23-2025/

Henry Wallace's 1944 journey to Kazakhstan offers rare insights into Soviet-era Central Asia, highlighting U.S.–Kazakh ties and wartime realities timesca.com/henry-wallac... #Kazakhstan #HenryWallace #SovietAsia #SovietEra #HistoricalTravel #CentralAsia

Henry Wallace’s Journey to Cen...

Henry Wallace's 1944 journey to Kazakhstan offers rare insights into Soviet-era Central Asia, highlighting U.S.–Kazakh ties and wartime realities https://timesca.com/henry-wallaces-journey-to-central-asia-and-its-connection-to-kazakhstan/ #Kazakhstan #HenryWallace #SovietAsia #SovietEra #HistoricalTravel #CentralAsia

🌟🤡 Oh, joy! The world desperately needed another #critique of Soviet-era Tolkien art 🤔✨. Let's all marvel at completely unrelated #illustrations for a book we already know! 🚀📚
https://mashable.com/archive/soviet-hobbit #TolkienArt #SovietEra #BookReview #ArtAppreciation #HackerNews #ngated