A Manual for Citizens

"[W]hat to do if Russia invades."

Summer Reflection

Near Penza, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic. Natasha cherishes the season.

A Closer Look (Part 77)

Summer Cottage, Russia, 1914. This is my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, at age 17.

Here's the original post.

Summer Joy

Near Penza, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Summer 1952. Natasha sent this candid to her older sister—my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana.

Summer Still

Near Penza, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Summer 1956. Natasha poses for Tatjana.

Pavel, Before the Revolution

Tambov, Russia, 1916. This is the last photo of Pavel that we have.

Summer Mood

Near Penza, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1954. Natasha enjoys the season.

Twitter shuts down Putin-parody account.

" "All of the world's repressive regimes are aware that spontaneous, organic protests have been organized through Twitter. (...) If a company like Twitter can be told 'kill these accounts now' and they do it, whose side are they on?" "

Permitted

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Brooklyn, New York, 1949 to 1952. Here's the ID card my paternal Grandmother Tatjana used when she traveled between Toronto and New York.

Tensions in the Baltic

Kaliningrad.

A Closer Look (Part 65)

Russia, between about 1870 and 1874. This is Nikolas, the maternal Grandfather of my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana.

Here's the original post. Here's his wife.

An Assessment

Lithuania's President considers Putin.

A Closer Look (Part 60)

Tambov, Russia, 1905. This is Pavel, the father of my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana.

Here's the original post.

Back to the USSR

Travel posters from Soviet, government-run travel agency.

Federalism contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Said Putin: 

Putin was particularly critical of Lenin’s concept of a federative state with its entities having the right to secede, saying it has heavily contributed to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union. He added that Lenin was wrong in a dispute with Joseph Stalin, who advocated a unitary state model.

(P.S. Stalin is back in fashion.)

"Affection for the Baltic states is common among Russians of a certain age, a legacy largely of the Soviet Union."

Why some Russians seek exile in the Baltic States.

Greetings from the USSR

It's "Creepy Christmas Lenin." Or New Year's Lenin.

A Closer Look (Part 52)

Tambov, Russia, about 1905. This is Nina K., the mother of my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana.

Here's the original post.

A Closer Look (Part 49)

Tambov, Russia, 1912. I had not noticed the bow in the original post.

A Closer Look (Part 46)

Russia, between about 1870 and 1874. Let's take another look at the oldest photo posted on the blog.