The Bolsheviks made many changes to the face of the Soviet Union, not least of all was the change to children’s education. Stalin and the Bolsheviks wanted to create a strong communist society and what better way than to start … Continue reading →
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Comrades' Corner, Week 7 Posts
The Soviets Loved to Drink…Champagne?
by zmartin •
Local Soviet Confectionery(1) When one thinks of things synonymous with Russia or the Soviet Union , vodka is one of the first images to pop into mind. However, the Soviets experienced fancier times when it came to their high levels of alcohol consumption. The Mid 1930′s up until the war was an easier time […]
Week 4 Posts
Bezprizorniki
by caitlin6 •
In 1921, it was estimated that 4.5 million children were considered bezprizorniki, meaning homeless. Other sources suggest even higher numbers of homeless children at around 7.5 million. This large influx of homeless children was due to the wars, flight, hunger and disease, … Continue reading →
Red Star, Students' Choice, Week 4 Posts
Rozalina the Riveter: Women’s Roles in the Russian Revolution
by Garland Pittard •
Russia really became an interesting place during March/February(who really cares you get the point) of 1917. For the first time in Russian history, the the common people were finally having their voice heard. Surprisingly, out of the woodwork the voice of the Russian women was heard the loudest. The women of Russia demanded to have […]
Week 4 Posts
G-d Bless You!
by ryandellinger •
This was just one of many hundreds of images that were published during the anti-religious push that occurred while the Bolsheviks were attempting to rebuild Russian society. The Bolsheviks knew that if their revolution was to be successful, society had to unify into one, cohesive whole. Therefore, the Party created organizations such as the Komsomol […]
Comrades' Corner, Week 4 Posts
The Role of Religion
by jenniferh •
The Bolshevik revolution aimed to create a new social ethos that redefined the political, social, and economic systems in Soviet Russia. In order to alter the popular consciousness the regime needed to transform the values and norms of people … Continue reading →
Red Star, Students' Choice, Week 3 Posts
Social Women: This one’s for the girls
by gracehemmingson •
“The Liberation of Women Workers is the affair of the Women themselves!” – N. Lenin In the years after the 1917 Revolution, the Bolsheviks began a new war, one that targeted the old society which had been based on oppression, … Continue reading →
Week 1 Posts
Prokudin-Gorskii’s Photographic Record
by caitlin6 •
I chose this photo because I wanted to look into how these people farming were affected by the growing change to industrialization. While reading the assigned chapter in Russia A History, I became interested in the famine that started in 1891. Twenty provinces were affected, with hundreds of thousands of deaths (Freeze, 238). While the […]
Week 1 Posts
From Zindan to Black Dolphin
by katiewells9 •
This photo shows a zindan, a traditional Central Asian prison, with prisoners and a Russian guard. A zindan is “in essence a pit in the earth with a low structure built on top.” I chose this photo because one day over the summer I came home to my three siblings watching a Netflix documentary titled Russia’s Toughest Prisons. They […]
Week 1 Posts
Big Country, Not Enough Guns
by Garland Pittard •
When I first looked at this photo, all I saw was a family of Russians from Zlatoust, near the Ural Mountains. After reading the caption next to the picture and seeing the what this family’s job in the Russian society was, it became evident to me that that these three people were much more than […]