warsuxletsparty:

Senior Sergeant Roza Shanina (born April 3, 1924) was a Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with 54 confirmed kills, including 12 snipers.

“The essence of my happiness is fighting for the happiness of others. It’s strange, why is it that in grammar, the word “happiness” can only be singular? That is counter to its meaning, after all. […] If it turns necessary to die for the common happiness, then I’m ready to.”

In a letter dated January 17, Shanina noted she might die soon because her battalion had lost 72 out of 78 people.

Killed in action January 28, 1945

foxpass:

Viktor Tsoi, Moscow, USSR, 1986. 

Виктор Цой, Москва, CCCP, 1986.

Tsoi is EVERYTHING. RIP.

sovietbuildings:

Ukraine, Kiev, state housing project

girlwithhatbox:

Street urchins in 1920s Moscow

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ppsh-41:

Commanders and technicians of the 20th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment with a Yak-9 during the summer of 1945.

Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air forces can be seen third from the left in the third row.

ppsh-41:

Soviet submachine gunners during a parade in Palace Square, Leningrad.

girlwithhatbox:

Mikhail Frunze in “Artek” pioneer camp, 1925

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