fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

March 17, 1991: The Soviet people voted to preserve the USSR.

The referendum held on March 17, 1991, stated: “Do you consider necessary the preservation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as a renewed federation of equal sovereign republics in which the rights and freedom of an individual of any nationality will be fully guaranteed?”

In defiance of the counter-revolutionaries who had seized the governing apparatus and the leadership of the CPSU, an overwhelming majority of Soviet citizens IN EVERY REPUBLIC voted “Yes.” The only exception was in a few republics where the “democrats” in power did not allow the vote to take place. Elsewhere there was 80 percent voter turnout.

For: 113,512,812 - 77.8%
Against: 32,303,977 - 22.2%

Despite the vote, the U.S.-backed Gorbachev-Yeltsin leadership illegally dissolved the USSR on December 26, 1991.

Full figures here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union_referendum,_1991

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

April 30, 1945: Soviet soldiers hoisted the Victory Banner over the Reichstag in Berlin

“On April 30, 1945, at 14:25,  fighters of Sergeant Syanova Company broke throught the stairs to the roof and reached the dome of the Reichstag. Brave warriors, Communist Lieutenant Berest, Komsomolets Red Army Egorov and nonpartisan Sergeant Kantariya hoisted the proud flag of the Soviet Union on the German parliament building – the symbol of our great victory against fascism.”

Via Communist Party - Lugansk Regional Committee

history-museum:

Soviet officer Alexey Yeremenko leads his men into combat, armed with a Tokarev TT-33. He was killed minutes after this photo was taken. (Khorosheye, near Voroshilovgrad, Ukraine - July 12, 1942)

Tokarev TT-33 Pistol

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

February 23, 1918: Soviet Workers’ & Peasants’ Red Army Day, anniversary of the founding of the Red Army.