Images documenting the Evil Empire and it’s allies. Named after the strategically important lowlands between East and West Germany and likely first major battle site in a hypothetical escalation of the Cold War. Titled after the first line of the third verse of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union.Tumblr (3.0; @fuldagap)http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1d788293d13c6f310eed607782d06535/tumblr_mn87iedqLD1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mwalimu Nyerere, 1964.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51111008857http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51111008857Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:02 -0700Mwalimu Nyerere1964african socialismthird worldafricapan africapan africanismtanzania<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a477b67dd7f14b46e8f4121c6b7981c5/tumblr_mn87eftD7R1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Abeid Karume and Mwalimu Nyerere during the unification of Zanzibar and Tanganyika, 1964.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51110826764http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51110826764Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:38 -0700zanzibarTanganyika1964Abeid KarumeMwalimu Nyerereafrican socialismthird worldafricapan africapan africanismtanzania<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ada3588cf3794b907a186dd7ffe5e282/tumblr_mn878kvDDH1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mwalimu Nyerere with youth from the Mbulu district of Tanzania, 1967.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51110557375http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51110557375Wed, 22 May 2013 17:41:07 -0700Mwalimu Nyererembulu1967Arusha Declarationafrican socialismthird worldafricapan africapan africanismtanzania<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a04e3c5130c14965dd45afa25034223c/tumblr_mn875cOagv1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mwalimu Nyerere on Arusha Declaration march, 1967.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51110411237http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51110411237Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:12 -0700Mwalimu NyerereArusha Declaration1967pan africanafrican socialismthird worldafricapan africapan africanismtanzania<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c3daa7502e922cec50ebf36ea8731607/tumblr_mn86zxu02P1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Prominent African socialists Mwalimu Nyerere, Kenneth Kaunda, Milton Obote and Rashidi Kawawa in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51110165658http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51110165658Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:57 -0700Mwalimu NyereresocialistKenneth KaundazambiaugandaMilton OboteRashidi KawawaTanganyikaafrican socialismthird worldafricapan africapan africanismtanzania<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/22f497a93796e2baf7518a04b6fc1bb2/tumblr_mku66nIGhU1s6c7cco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ca373ab9a26141e4c82c57cff2e1640f/tumblr_mku66nIGhU1s6c7cco4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fc84fab1f683aaa3f26cfb7a7e80d213/tumblr_mku66nIGhU1s6c7cco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/27da089b391efd3328768d89514b3034/tumblr_mku66nIGhU1s6c7cco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/70afcd8f0d557e99119a3f4dac30a306/tumblr_mku66nIGhU1s6c7cco5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>Russian subcultures of the Eighties.</span></p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51109696020http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51109696020Wed, 22 May 2013 17:29:46 -0700counterculturesubculture80seastern europeeuropesoviet unioncounter culture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2fa3fe663c90316b6e5160d86f835fb0/tumblr_mn86k8mlRS1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nikolai Tolkunov. <em>Dagestan, The Gergebelskaya Valley.</em></p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51109456321http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51109456321Wed, 22 May 2013 17:26:31 -0700daghestangergebelskaya valleycaucaussocialist realismpaintingNikolai Tolkunovtolkunov<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bcc5bebde8318589b59ec4402e78a817/tumblr_mn86gkGs8G1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nikolai Tolkunov. <em>Immortality</em>. (1941).</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51109290124http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51109290124Wed, 22 May 2013 17:24:00 -0700immortality1941socialist realismpaintingNikolai Tolkunovtolkunov<a href="http://rt.com/politics/brezhnev-stalin-gorbachev-soviet-638/">Russians name Brezhnev best 20th-century leader, Gorbachev worst — RT Russian politics</a>: <p><span>Over half of Russians believe Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was the best head of state in the past century, followed by Bolshevik Revolution mastermind Vladimir Lenin and dictator Joseph Stalin, a poll by Levada Center has revealed.</span></p> <p>Sociologists asked Russians about their attitude towards 20th-century leaders. Some 56 percent of respondents have positive feelings about Brezhnev, who led the USSR from 1964 till 1982. A target of countless Soviet jokes and anecdotes, he is now disliked by 29 percent of people, Levada revealed.</p> <p>The first ruler of the Soviet Union, Lenin, is seen in a good light by 55 percent of Russians, while exactly one-half of Russians favor Stalin. However, over one-third of respondents do not approve of the leader, who is often described as “bloody tyrant.”<span> </span></p> <p>Nikita Khruschev – who was Soviet premier during the Cuban missile crisis – is liked by 45 percent of Russians. That figure is slightly less than modern-day supporters of Tsar Nicholas II, who was overthrown in 1917; he got kind reviews from 48 percent of respondents.<span> <br/></span></p> <p>And at the bottom of the list, two-thirds of respondents gave negative evaluations to the first and only Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the first Russian President Boris, Yeltsin.</p> <p>The late Yeltsin is viewed positively by only 22 percent of Russians, while his predecessor Gorbachev is seen as Russia’s worst leader ever, according to the poll. The architect of perestroika is now disliked by 66 percent of Russians, and only one-fifth of the population has warm feelings about the Soviet president.</p> <p></p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51108230045http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51108230045Wed, 22 May 2013 17:10:15 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d6bbad837e3522bc353b525459848e86/tumblr_mn84tiCc361r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tiananmen Square, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, 2011.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107999153http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107999153Wed, 22 May 2013 17:07:10 -0700Tiananmen Squarebeijinghammer and sicklechinaanniversaryPeople's Republic of ChinaChinese Communist PartyCommunist Party of China2011the atlantic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/427165d0bf92eb6560991525fc2db79b/tumblr_mn84qyMRjx1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dancers perform during a gala show to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China in the Great Hall of the People, 2011.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107994752http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107994752Wed, 22 May 2013 17:07:06 -0700Great Hall of the PeopledancersplayperformancegalachinaanniversaryPeople's Republic of ChinaChinese Communist PartyCommunist Party of China2011the atlantic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/52879d5496feeedb7791cef653ed5b1c/tumblr_mn84p4ajd01r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>School children in Dexing, People’s Republic of China, 2011.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107991517http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107991517Wed, 22 May 2013 17:07:03 -0700DexingschoolchildrenkidschinaanniversaryPeople's Republic of ChinaChinese Communist PartyCommunist Party of China2011the atlantic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7f5b0049bf5786f9b67b6ca87708cec2/tumblr_mn84opxZgk1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Horn player rehearses in the Great Hall of the People for the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, 2011.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107987206http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107987206Wed, 22 May 2013 17:07:00 -0700Great Hall of the Peoplemilitary bandplapeople's liberation armychinaanniversaryPeople's Republic of ChinaChinese Communist PartyCommunist Party of China2011the atlantic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f6c87c23e10b1ad08d7c11ccdfd49bf/tumblr_mn84od47Dz1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Child dressed as a People’s Liberation Army soldier in Yanan, People’s Republic of China, 2011.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107774183http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107774183Wed, 22 May 2013 17:04:04 -0700childboygirlPLApeople's liberation armychinaanniversaryPeople's Republic of ChinaChinese Communist PartyCommunist Party of China2011the atlantic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e9543e1afc8aa0bf587d5c98e9d0bc72/tumblr_mn84nmuNwM1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>People’s Liberation Army band conductor rehearses for the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China. </p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107769201http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107769201Wed, 22 May 2013 17:04:01 -0700military bandconductorcaptainchinaanniversaryPeople's Republic of ChinaChinese Communist PartyCommunist Party of China2011the atlantic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e05b55ce355616839043360cab3dc171/tumblr_mn84n1btVW1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chinese Communist Party member that is to be honored at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, 2011.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107765036http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107765036Wed, 22 May 2013 17:03:57 -0700Great Hall of the Peoplebeijingparty memberchinaanniversaryPeople's Republic of ChinaChinese Communist PartyCommunist Party of China2011the atlantic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3336785eaf4a7c60050b303c876d715e/tumblr_mn84m846K91r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Factory workers iron a finished Chinese Communist Party flag.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107760288http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51107760288Wed, 22 May 2013 17:03:53 -0700factoryironflaghammer and sicklechinaanniversaryPeople's Republic of ChinaChinese Communist PartyCommunist Party of China2011the atlantic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3d142c5947a7dd26cba08b4315fd4106/tumblr_mjvpdwiFir1qdyug0o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><em>Расизм - позор Америки! / Racism - American disgrace!</em></p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51105937388http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51105937388Wed, 22 May 2013 16:39:26 -0700racismcivil rightscivil rights movementpropagandaposter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8bd39476b75e8e48ef158e38cfa14f02/tumblr_mn846xH36R1r84pkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>National People’s Army Friedrich Engels Guard Regiment barracks,East Berlin.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51105637332http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51105637332Wed, 22 May 2013 16:35:21 -0700NVANational People's ArmyNationale Volksarmeefriedrich engelsEast BerlinEast GermanyDDRhonor guardeastern europe<p>I just want to remind people that there&#8217;s a variety of related tumblr blogs that can be found <a href="http://soviet-network.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">here</a> and under &#8216;Soviet Network&#8217;.</p>http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51006669678http://fuldagap.tumblr.com/post/51006669678Tue, 21 May 2013 12:24:00 -0700