fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

After the revolution of 1917 and civil war 1918-20, the remnants of the Russian White Guard retreated from Petrograd to Baltic republics – mostly to Estonia.

At that time there was also Estonian Red Guard, which tried to establish communes and own soviet republic. Estonian Red Guard was partly executed, partly forced to retreat to soviet Russia. The paradox is that - soon Russian White Guard significantly contributed to establishing Estonian republic [which secured the property and wealth of Russian capitalists, guaranteed by Estonian nationalist state]. But at the same time Estonian Red Guard, while retreating from Estonia, seized Russian city of Pskov, knocked out Russian White Guard from the city and established Soviet power there. 

It may seem strange or a paradox if we see the story in nationalist categories: Russians/Estonians. But there is no contradiction if take into account the class composition of both forces: mostly privileged officers from the one side and mostly workers or fishermen from another.

Photo: Estonian Red Guard, 1919 - typical fishermen’s clothing

Via Dmytriy Kovalevich

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

November 7, 1917: The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

The October Revolution in paintings.

Via Borotba

georgy-konstantinovich-zhukov:

A Soviet soldier in his OP-1 NBC suit for a simulated chemical attack.

bag-of-dirt:

Portrait of a female Soviet sniper during the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted over two years. Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), Northwestern Federal District, Russia, Soviet Union. May 1942. 

Rare black and white and color footage of the Battle of Berlin.

this-is-cthulhu-privilege:

Soviet Commander Alexey Yeremenko gives the order to attack. Shortly after this photo was taken he was killed. 1942.

lindaoneesama:

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“FOR THE MOTHERLAND! SMASH FASCISM!”

ppsh-41:

Red Army soldiers armed with SVT-40 semi-automatic rifles during a battle for one of the settlements within the city of Voronezh, October 1942.

We support our troops

socialismartnature:

“Public initiative can and must individualise, that is, it must take every disabled person separately, as a personality with his own special features, and adapt the character and form of its aid to these peculiarities and qualities of his. Finally, both the departmental and the public activities…

Russian Spetsnaz.

More awesome than Batman!