Russia
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 44
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 03, 2022 -
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Category: Art, 1940s, Russia
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 43
Somehow, this series of posts has become shockingly relevant!
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 28, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Russia, Twentieth Century
The Palace of the Soviets
Take what metaphors and allegories you will from this famous failure.
The Wikipedia page tells us:
The Palace of the Soviets (Russian: Дворец Советов, Dvorets Sovetov) was a project to construct a political convention center in Moscow on the site of the demolished Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The main function of the palace was to house sessions of the Supreme Soviet in its 130-metre (430 ft) wide and 100-metre (330 ft) tall grand hall seating over 20,000 people. If built, the 416-metre (1,365 ft) tall palace would have become the world's tallest structure, with an internal volume surpassing the combined volumes of the six tallest American skyscrapers.[10]
The music on this video is annoying--hit MUTE--but otherwise it's well done.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 15, 2022 -
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Category: Architecture, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Government, Success & Failure, Russia, Twentieth Century
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 6
From the ST. JOSEPH NEWS-PRESS, August 4, 1924
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 19, 2021 -
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Category: Crime, Death, 1920s, Russia
The Bear Facts
Anti-communist fable presented as a kid's book.More pictures and discussion here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 02, 2021 -
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Category: Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, Children, Books, Fantasy, 1940s, Russia
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 35
The artist's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 27, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, 1920s, Russia
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 31
Love Jan Zrzavý's look!His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 04, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Europe, Russia, Twentieth Century
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 29
"Carpenter," 1927, Kazimir Malevich.
The artist's Wikipedia page.
His complete works here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 18, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, 1920s, Russia
The Hyper-realistic Dolls of Michael Zajkov
Many more photos here, with link to the creator's Instagram page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 14, 2020 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Russia, Dolls and Stuffed Animals
The Snow Beauty of Yakutia
Part of our series on odd beauty contests.The first (?) contest was apparently held in 2017.
Read about it here.
What appears to be the home page has lots of pix and even videos of the 2018 contest. But I cannot find reference to competitions for 2019 or 2020.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 06, 2020 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Ethnic Groupings, Nature, Natural Resources, Russia
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