Ida Nappelbaum - Portrait of the ballerina Nina Molodzinskaja 1928
Ida Nappelbaum is from an interesting family: Her father Moissej Nappelbaum was one of the top portrait-photographers in the Soviet Union, right from the revolution. His portrait of Lenin which sold over a million copies made his way for being the photographer of soviet celebs.
Being a writer herself, one of Ida’s sisters, Lilya Nappelbaum, was a poet and literature critic.
Soviet assault squad advancing towards the Reichstag.
Soviet submachine gunner ready to fire in a Berlin tram.
I’d rather would’ve spent the last three hours watching this than Peter Jackson’s version of The Hobbit…
The cover for the 1966 album Cossack Patrol by the Red Army Ensemble, better known as the Alexandrov Ensemble. Tracks include Cossack Patrol, The Cliff, Evening On The Roadstead, The Sun Has Set Behind The Hill, You Are Ever Lovely and John Reed Walks In Petrograd. Sounds sweeping and romantic, yet faithful to the party line!
Young Soviet partisan Vasya Borovik. According to the source, he blew up nine German supply trains and killed more than 100 Germans during summer of 1944.
so jung. so cool.
