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Soviet extreme at its finest! The infamous "Surprise" ride, engineered in Yeysk back in 1974. This spinning centrifuge t...
10/09/2026

Soviet extreme at its finest! The infamous "Surprise" ride, engineered in Yeysk back in 1974. This spinning centrifuge tilted high into the air, pinning riders to their backplates using pure physics. A flimsy chain and a lot of G-force!
A true core memory for anyone who grew up visiting Soviet amusement parks. 😵 Would you have stepped on?

Cosmonauts Alexei Gubarev and Vladimir Remek train for their flight on Soyuz-28. 1978
09/09/2026

Cosmonauts Alexei Gubarev and Vladimir Remek train for their flight on Soyuz-28. 1978

Flight attendants at a dance class at the Leningrad Aviation Technical School of Civil Aviation. 1984
08/09/2026

Flight attendants at a dance class at the Leningrad Aviation Technical School of Civil Aviation. 1984

Did you know that in the Soviet Union, even sending a letter was standardized? ️ Soviet state standards (GOST) dictated ...
07/09/2026

Did you know that in the Soviet Union, even sending a letter was standardized? ️
Soviet state standards (GOST) dictated the exact size and layout of every envelope. The biggest change came in the 1970s with automated mail sorting. That is when the famous dotted grid in the bottom left corner appeared—you had to write the postal code using rigid, boxy numbers so the machines could read them.
And of course, the address had to be written "backward" by today's standards: country and city first, then the street, and the recipient's name last!

Products of the Berdsk Radio factory, 1981
06/09/2026

Products of the Berdsk Radio factory, 1981

VAZ-2102 "Zhiguli" advertisement. 1971–1986
05/09/2026

VAZ-2102 "Zhiguli" advertisement. 1971–1986

Soviet era ambulance
04/09/2026

Soviet era ambulance

A family with their Moskvitch car
03/09/2026

A family with their Moskvitch car

Soviet-era pastry chefs presenting cakes
02/09/2026

Soviet-era pastry chefs presenting cakes

Happy first day of school! Future tech pioneers during a lecture at the Moscow State Institute of Electronic Technology ...
01/09/2026

Happy first day of school!
Future tech pioneers during a lecture at the Moscow State Institute of Electronic Technology (Zelenograd, 1973). Zelenograd was the center of Soviet high-tech and microelectronics, making these students the cutting-edge engineers of their era.
Wishing a great semester to everyone starting school today!

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