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  1. "The question was never only what was forbidden. It was who, when, and in whose interest decided what counted as a crime, an illness, a moral failure, or a threat to the state."

    Two TV series, #Fartsa and #SovietJeans, reveal how Soviet law served as in instrument of state power. Gevorg Avetikyan reads the two series side by side and shows how coercion worked in practice - and how the grey market became part of the system itself. ⬇️

    justimino.hypotheses.org/1175

    #SovietHistory #ColdWar #hypoverse

  2. Evald Ilyenkov: Creative Marxism and Mid-Century Soviet Philosophy 

    Finley Farrell examines Evald Ilyenkov’s "Creative Soviet Marxism," which challenged rigid "diamat" orthodoxy. Ilyenkov posited that consciousness stems from human activity rather than simple material reflection. His theories critiqued biological determinism in the division of labour and navigated Lenin's complex symbolic role.

    retrospectjournal.com/2026/03/

  3. Interesting morning at the Edmonton Record Fair. Helped a friend set up his table and then browsed the other dealers. Found a few from my wishlist, and others that were too good to pass up.

    Most interesting find is this Russian 33 1/3 recording of the entire Yuri Gagarin spaceflight.

    SoundCloud audio of the LP: soundcloud.com/xogn/yuriy-gaga

    #YEGDigs #VinylCommunity #EdmontonRecordFair #SpokenWord #VintageRecords #YuriGagarin #SovietHistory #SpaceRace #RetroTech #Space #Vinyl #Music

  4. "The #Bolsheviks’ geographical imagination of #revolution did not just include the 'West' but also the 'East.' And the 'East' in two senses. The internal east of the former #Russia|n empire, primarily #CentralAsia and the #Caucasus. And the external east of the colonized world–what we today call the #GlobalSouth."

    guest: #MashaKirasirova, author of #TheEasternInternational

    euraknot.org/2024/08/05/the-ea
    #AnticolonialMovements #NationalLiberationMovements #Comintern #SovietHistory #USSR #books

  5. "The #Bolsheviks’ geographical imagination of #revolution did not just include the 'West' but also the 'East.' And the 'East' in two senses. The internal east of the former #Russia|n empire, primarily #CentralAsia and the #Caucasus. And the external east of the colonized world–what we today call the #GlobalSouth."

    guest: #MashaKirasirova, author of #TheEasternInternational

    euraknot.org/2024/08/05/the-ea
    #AnticolonialMovements #NationalLiberationMovements #Comintern #SovietHistory #USSR #books

  6. Automuseum Vilnius in Vilnius, Lithuania

    Discover the car that once belonged to the King of Nepal in a former Soviet-era taxi park.#soviethistory #cars #automotivehistory #museums #section-Atlas
    Automuseum