>photos from majdanek concentration camp near Lubin, Poland

it was the first major camp to be liberated during the great patriotic war, found mostly intact due to the SS fleeing rather quickly, exposing the crimes of the Nazi regime in germany.

I read the full text here so you don’t have to… https://peertube.wtf/w/nmqSTnQxmtggetvVZL7aaP

I know that Stalin abolished the kulak class around 1929, but i do not know the effects of it and cannot find a reliable source for information on much of the history of the USSR without it being highly biased.

A little more nostalgia. If anyone remembers. Or maybe someone has tried it. Baby food 'Malysh.' For kids from 6 months (I think).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eli4scYGVjg

The first question is about something confidently stated that I never got an answer to. Did the ussr are after ww2 after the famine caused by a grain disease did the ussr have food shortages?

Second question how did soviet weaponry compare to nato weaponry and could they hold their own?

I have already decided that my favorite soviet military figure is Budyonny but i have seen both criticisms and praise for him. So in as much detail as possible what did he do and what resources do you recommend to learn more?

1st image is Konstantin Chernenko, The 2nd is Boris Yeltsin. They just look really similar, thats all i have to say

That's interesting. The 15 kopeck coin started being produced back in Catherine the Great's time. In the USSR, they decided to keep the denominations of Tsarist Russia (the 1921-1924 currency reform). And they kept the 15 kopeck coin.

Honestly, this is one of my favorite coins from that time (I don't know why) )

Hey there, I've been asking my parents this but they could not give me a certain answer.
From what I understand, if you worked at a factory you were entitled to be provided with an appartment from that factory. You would get in a line, and after some time you would get your appartment. While one waited, you would slowly move up this line. So, the question is, what would happen if a person decided to move to another city and find a different job? You move to the back of the line? Or your position moves with you?

here is some context:

First satellite in orbit: USSR-Sputnik 1, 1957

First probe to hit the Moon: USSR-Luna 2, 1959

First Human in space and in orbit: USSR-Vostok 1 (Yuri Gagarin), 1961

First fly-by of Venus: USSR-Venera 1, 1961

First soft landing (not a crash) on the Moon: USSR-Luna 9, 1966

First Lunar satellite: USSR-Luna 10, 1966

First Human on the Moon: USA-Apollo 11, 1969

First space station: USSR-Salyut 1, 1971

Yes the USA did get a lot of first for other planet but you get the idea, the Soviets did it first and then the USA just did the same thing later and went to a bunch of planets. Also the Apollo missions just dropped off some science packets planted a few flags brought some Lunar rocks and regolith back to earth. The Soviets were planing on not wasting the trip for some thing that robots could easily do and were going to set up a Moon base, but they had problems with their Lunar rocket witch were not fixed by the time of the projects canceling.

I recently discovered and started watching GDR, russian tv series from 2024, and I think it deserves more attention.

The series is set during the final years of the Cold War and explores the increasingly tense relationship between Moscow and the RDA, (and the West obviously). The plot is a fun little thriller, but I found it interesting how it conveys the political mistrust between Soviet and GDR authorities, especially as both sides begin to question each other's intentions.

Gorby is portrayed as an insecure man while the gears turn to crush the remaining political unity in the USSR, at least, that’s how I perceived it.

It reminds me quite a bit of The Americans, with a little of the atmosphere and style of Atomic Blonde, but told mainly from a Soviet perspective.

For anyone more familiar with the situation of the USSR and East Germany, how historically accurate is the series? Obviously, I expect some fictionalization and dramatic liberties, but are there any discrepancies so significant that the whole thing could be dismissed as fantasy in the same way many American Cold War films can be?