13 September 1953: Nikita Khrushchev was appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. #History #USSR

The city of Borisov after liberation by the Soviet Red Army, July 1944.
Photo: M. Savin / photo archive "Ogonyok" / M. Savin / photo archive
#SovietRedArmy #RedArmy #Liberation #Borisov #USSR #SovietUnion #Belarus
Russia: Scott # 5605-09 (1987)
A complete Soviet MNH set featuring reproductions of contemporary Soviet paintings.
#Stamps #StampCollecting #Philately #Russia #SovietUnion #USSR #ContemporaryArt
The incredibly powerful and moving Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad.
ACN 13 May 2011
Soviet Red Army soldier dancing as part of celebrations to mark the withdrawal of Soviet liberation forces from Austria, September 1955.