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On one wall is a painting of the powerful Soviet people. It's crumbling but it's basically a depiction of a woman in red holding a farm instrument and driving the others on.
Basically soviet propaganda.
Kummersdorf Air Base September 2006
These are all photos of an old german then soviet air base in Kummersdorf Germany. They're in the process of tearing it down to expand Shonefeld airport, near Berlin.
Most of these buildings were built during ww1 for training the German military. Then, as WW2 progresssed rocket research was done here in an attempt to come up with larger more powerful artilery shells, and then atomic weapons. Finally, when the scientists headed to the US and Russia, they started building artilery shells and training officers here.
After WW2, when the soviets moved in, the soviets had staging post for their troops, and started doing research on rockets for the space race. Somewhere in these pictures is a soviet explosive test area (it was a buried bunker with 35 foot thick concrete walls surrounding 10 foot thick steel bunker.) which was exploded and broke windows for over 3000 houses nearly a mile away.
svema brand film from the ussr. i bought this in berlin and a few other spots in northern/northeastern europe years ago. after bringing home the shot rolls i found that no lab would process it at a rate i was willing to pay, so that led to learning how to develop film on my own. i hope i have the notes i took back then on what methods worked best as i still have a couple of unused rolls, thought it being 20 years past due probably means that no matter what i do it'll be a bit messy.
svema, a ukrainian firm, stopped producing film in 2000, so these are probably the last relic rolls i'll be able to work with. as well, this is the older type 1981 stock, and although it's possible to still source it, i'm not sure it's worth the effort. i have an old russian twin lens camera that it would be entertaining to run some native film through, though, if i can locate that.
Former Soviet Air Force Sukhoi Su-15 85 (Red) (0844) is pictured at Khodynka, Moscow, on September 3rd 1993.
May 9, Victory Day. The soviet people defeat the fascist germany, ending the second world war in Europe.
9 de Mayo, Dia de la Victoria. El pueblo soviético derrota a la alemania fascita, terminando la segunda guerra mundial en Europa
"If it looks depressing, it's Facist Architecture. If it looks like a UFO, it's Soviet Architecture."
Commemorating the Siege of Budapest, when the Soviet Union took control of Budapest from Germany in 1944.
This is the only Soviet monument to retain its hammer and sickle and remain standing in Budapest following the fall of communist rule.
1. Summer dress uniform. Marshals and generals (except for aviation) - in formation
2. Winter dress uniform. Marshals and generals (except for aviation) - in formation and out of formation
3. Summer dress uniform. Marshals and generals of aviation - in and out of formation
4. Summer dress uniform. Marshals and generals (in aviation cap and trousers are of blue colour)
5. Summer service uniform. Marshals and generals - out of formation (Trousers are worn over high boots)
6. Summer khaki iniform. Marshals and generals (in special period)
7. Summer dress uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen (except for Aviation and Airborne Troops) - in formation
8. Summer dress uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen of Aviation and Airborne Troops
9. Summer service uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - in formation
10. Summer service uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - out of formation (Trousers are worn over high boots)
11. Winter service uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - out of formation (Trousers are worn over high boots)
12. Summer service uniform. Officers - out of formation (summer overcoat. Trousers are tucked into boots)
13. Summer service uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - out of formation (Shirt. Trousers are worn over high boots)
14. Summer field uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen
15. Winter field uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen (in wadded jacket)
16. Summer dress uniform. Sergeants, soldiers, students and military constructors.
17 . Summer service uniform. Sergeants, soldiers (except for Airborne Troops), students and military constructors.
18. Summer service uniform. Airborne Troops soldiers and students.
(no, there are no potholes in the road, these dots are an artistic adoption of a punched card (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card))