Travel poster promoting the USSR, 1931
Tag: Russia
The Black Sea, 1919
We will leave Russia as quickly as possible. Watch your Steppe!
From This Giddy Globe, 1919 by Oliver Herford
May Day, 1947
Soviets in Space!
Cover from Tekhnika Molodezhi. May, 1938
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Map Overlay, 1942
Overlay map of the European Theater over North America to show relative distances. Solid Black line between Murmansk and Rostov is the Eastern Front between Germany and the USSR
Newsmap. Monday, May 25, 1942 : week of May 15 to May 22, poster, May 25, 1942; [Washington, D.C.]., University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Abyss, 1917
Soviet Night-Vision, 1941
Born out of the need to protect from German attacks on night convoys, this unnamed soviet night vision prototype would provide truck drivers and soldiers visibility out to approximately 100 feet. The weight of the device was about 20lbs.
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USSR Arctic Base, 1938
Cover of Russian magazine Tekhnika Molodezhi (Technology for Youth)
Boxing Kangaroo, 1933
Kangaroo Boxer vs Vladimir Durov (Jr)
Soviet Glider Boat, 1937
