Unfortunately the X post with the video is an anti-Russia Ukrainian account

https://x.com/olex_scherba/status/1967508959067336926

But here's a news article

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/16/russian-city-unveils-monument-to-soviet-secret-police-founder-felix-dzerzhinsky-to-the-sound-of-jesus-christ-superstar

The alleged choice of music is disputed by the Russians

https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-returns-iron-felix-dzerzhinsky-russias-spy-school-2026-04-24/

https://x.com/Activatica/status/2062188982323065244

Monument to Dzerzhinsky Installed in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

On October 16, a monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Cheka, was unveiled in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The monument was erected in the "Shield and Sword" park of security agencies, Sakhalin Region Governor Valery Limarenko reported.

The monument was created by sculptor Ilya Fyoklin, the independent outlet "Govorit NeMoskva" writes. Regional authorities called it part of a space dedicated to employees of special services and law enforcement. At the ceremony, they also spoke about "the security of the country."

In a comment under Limarenko's post, one of the users wrote:

"I wish FSB employees good luck, success, and strong families, so that you find women capable of sharing the hardships of your service!"

Dzerzhinsky headed the Cheka—a Soviet agency of political investigation and repression that became the predecessor of the NKVD, KGB, and FSB. During the Civil War, Chekists carried out mass arrests, took hostages, and executed people without trial.

In recent years, Russian authorities and security structures have once again been erecting monuments to Dzerzhinsky. In 2023, SVR head Sergei Naryshkin unveiled a reduced copy of the monument on the grounds of the agency's headquarters in Yasenevo. In September 2025, a monument was installed in Nakhodka.

In June 2026, "Aktivatica" wrote about the unveiling of a bust of Dzerzhinsky in a children's camp near Nizhny Tagil.

Sakhalin is Russia's largest island, whose history is inextricably linked to its status as the main penal colony of the Russian Empire. In the 19th century, dangerous criminals and political prisoners from across the country were sent here, as Anton Chekhov wrote in detail in the book "Sakhalin Island." The regional capital, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, arose directly around this penitentiary system. The city was founded in 1882 as a settlement of convicts called Vladimirovka. Its residents were engaged in forced labor and clearing the taiga. Even after changing its status, Sakhalin long retained the harsh legacy of the "prison island," which became a symbol of isolation and grueling human labor.

https://x.com/Activatica/status/2112103154942673176

https://x.com/clashreport/status/2121396857465417944

https://x.com/rinalu_/status/2121333919018778939

https://x.com/ShoahUkraine/status/2120932133359534472

https://x.com/ShoahUkraine/status/2120607500332339285

https://x.com/ShoahUkraine/status/2120539550556553334

https://x.com/ShoahUkraine/status/2120577298919530536

Hungary is one of the countries that have big nostalgia to the communism.Cities like Budapest,Debrencen,Szeged or Miskolc have Soviet Graves,Statues or Memorials preserved.Otherwise i really Like Janos Kadar he was a good Leader of communist Hungary and even he has an grave.Budapest also preserved the demolished Lenin Statues in the so to called Memento Park

https://x.com/ShoahUkraine/status/2119794743563735421

https://x.com/ShoahUkraine/status/2119633581915898071

https://x.com/Giliumus/status/2118864466536440200

Hi everyone! I’m helping my parents downsize, and we’re selling a collection of 65 physics books from the Soviet era. There are quite a few books in the collection, so I’m sharing them together for anyone who might be interested in Soviet physics, science, or older books.

I can send photos and more information about the books to anyone who wants to take a closer look. Feel free to message me with questions or let me know what kinds of titles you’re interested in. I’m happy to discuss the collection and figure out shipping.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pkDdQMTTQErcJYdq9

On these Days, marked the evening of Nov 5th thru Nov 8th, 1917, (by Gregorian calendar) the Russian working class, led by the Bolshevik Party headed by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, shattered the old reactionary state of Russia and opened the epoch of proletarian revolution.

On November 5, 1917, the Bolshevik-led Military Revolutionary Committee moved to sever the Petrograd garrison's loyalty to the Provisional Government by appointing its own commissars to all military units, effectively stripping Alexander Kerensky's government of its military command. This was the practical execution of the party's line, coordinated by the Military Revolutionary Center headed by Iosif Stalin, Yakov Sverdlov, Andrei Bubnov, Moisei Uritsky, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, working with the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee's chairman, Leon Trotsky.

Kerensky responded with desperation, ordering the suppression of the Bolshevik press and summoning loyal officer cadets to the capital.

By November 6, the physical confrontation had begun. Kerensky ordered the raising of the bridges over the Neva to isolate the working-class Vyborg district, but Red Guards and revolutionary soldiers quickly retook them. That evening, Lenin, who had been in hiding, disguised himself (the famous shaved, wig wearing Lenin photo) and traveled to the Smolny Institute to personally assume leadership of the uprising, taking command from the hesitations that had plagued parts of the leadership.
Under his direction, the insurrection shifted from a defensive posture to a decisive offensive.
Stalin and the Central Committee worked tirelessly to organize the party's forces, ensuring that the Bolshevik press, which Kerensky had tried to silence, continued to rally the masses. Red Guards, Baltic Fleet sailors, and sympathetic soldiers moved silently through the night, seizing the central telegraph office, the railway stations, the post office, and the power station with almost no bloodshed.
By the early hours of November 7, the garrison had secured the capital, and Kerensky fled the city in a car to seek troops at the front.

At the Smolny, the 2nd All-Russian Congress of Soviets convened, representing the organized will of the working class and peasantry.
As the Congress gathered, the cruiser Aurora fired a blank shot from the Neva, the signal for the final assault on the Winter Palace. The palace was defended by a dwindling force of cadets and the 1st Petrograd Women's Battalion, who largely deserted their posts.
The revolutionaries poured into the building and, at 2:10 a.m. on November 8, arrested the remaining cabinet ministers.

The fall of the Winter Palace was a symbolic confirmation of the new order, the proletarian, revolutionary order.
Lenin presented the Congress with the Decree on Peace and the Decree on Land, cementing the alliance between the proletariat and the peasantry.

The old bourgeois state apparatus was seized, and the dictatorship of the proletariat set out on its quest to liberate all the working people, to dig up the old world of violence for sake of the freedom of all humanity.

Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!

Да здравствует Великая Октябрьская социалистическая революция!

Да здравствует огонь мировой революции!

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While researching historical archives, we often come across photographs whose descriptions and dates do not correspond to the actual historical circumstances.

This photograph is one such example. It shows the well-known Soviet sniper Vasily Kvachantiradze alongside his fellow soldier and comrade-in-arms, Fyodor Okhlopkov. The photograph is often captioned “Winter 1944.”

However, a detailed examination of the historical facts and chronology reveals that this dating is incorrect.

Let's take a closer look at why this photograph could not have been taken in the winter of 1944.

Every opinion and hypothesis on this matter is important to me. I would be very interested to hear your thoughts, interpretations, and supporting arguments.

I am currently working on a huge research project about the institute and its scientists from the 70s-80s and wanted to ask if anyone was willing to be interviewed about their time there. Thanks.

On This Day, November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, carrying a little dog named Laika into space.

Just one month earlier, the Soviet Union had shocked the world by launching Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth.

Now, the space race was entering a new chapter.

Scientists wanted to discover whether a living creature could survive the extreme conditions of space. For this mission, they selected Laika, a small stray dog rescued from the streets of Moscow.

She was trained to endure the noise, vibration, and confined conditions of the spacecraft. Scientists fitted her with monitoring equipment to measure her heartbeat, breathing, and other vital signs.

Then came the historic launch.

On November 3, Sputnik 2 blasted into orbit with Laika inside. She became the first animal to orbit Earth, proving that a living creature could survive the launch and experience weightlessness.

But there was a heartbreaking reality behind the achievement.

Sputnik 2 had no system to bring Laika safely back to Earth. The mission had been designed as a one-way journey.

Initially, Soviet authorities claimed that Laika survived for several days. However, information revealed decades later confirmed that she died only a few hours after launch, most likely because of overheating caused by a failure in the spacecraft's thermal control system.

Her mission was a scientific milestone, but it also raised lasting questions about the treatment of animals in scientific experiments.

Nearly four years later, on April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space and orbit Earth.

Laika's journey had become part of the early history that led humanity towards human spaceflight.

She never returned to Earth, but her name became part of humanity's journey beyond it.