On this matchbox label the Tsimlyanskaya power station is shown. The Tsimlyanskaya HPP, being the only hydroelectric station on the Don River, is at the same time a key part of the Volga-Don waterway. It is located in the Rostov region, not far from the cities of Volgodonsk and Tsimlyansk, which were formed only due to the appearance of a power station. The decision to build the Volga-Don waterway and its member Tsimlyanskaya HPP was approved by a decree of the Soviet government on February 27, 1948. Construction immediately declared “the great construction of communism.” The planned commissioning of the station was scheduled for 1953.
Pin made for Victory Day. Victory Day is a holiday for commemorating the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. The text on the pin reads:”Victory Day. 9 May”.
Price: 25.00 euro Size: 5.5×3.5cm./2.1×1.3inch. Weight: 5gr./0.17oz.
Very old, delicate and fragile Sputnik christmass ball from the Soviet Union. It’s amazing that this Sputnik ball survived this many years without breaking one of the tips off. Painted on the ball are the letters:”CCCP” and a red star.
15 bicycle plates from the USSR and Eastern Bloc country’s. They are made of metal, aluminum and brass. They are used so they have age related damage, scratches, dents, stains, etc.
Price: 10.00 euro Size: 13.2×7.5cm./5.1×2.9inch. Weight: 98gr./3.4oz.
Soviet Union ship that stands on a wooden base that is stamped under Russian. Made in the Cold War era. Text bottom right is made of plastic, just like the ship and reads:”Odessa”.
This pin depict a monument at the site were Lenin stayed in a hut. The text on the bottom of the pin says:”Rasliv”, the area were Lenin stayed at the time. In November 1917 a revolution in Russia (November Revolutuiion) ended the Tjarist reign over Russia. The new government considerd Lenin as a terrorist and he went into hiding. He lived secretly in a forest north of St. Petersburg disguised as a hayfarmer. He shaved his baird and wore a wig. In this period he wrote serveral articles for newspapers and recieved fresh fruit daily. Also he worked on theoretical political works and prepared for the October Revolution. He lived in a hut made of branches. After Lenin’s death the hay hut was recreated on the site and also statues were placed and a museum. In the Soviet Era this site ha to be visited by students.
The historical site is surrounded with monument. This is one of them.
Price: 30.00 euro Size: 20x13cm./7.8×5.1inch. Weight: 206gr./7.2oz.
Soviet Union storage box made of hard plastic. On the front there is the year of the October Revolution (1917) and the text:”Glory October!” on the top. The October Revolution was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin. It followed and capitalized on the February Revolution of the same year, which overthrew the Tsarist autocracy and resulted in a provisional government. As the October Revolution was not universally recognized, there followed the struggles of the Russian Civil War (1917–22) and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922. The Bolsheviks would become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Stalin was one of the militairy leaders of the Bolsheviks and took control over the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death in 1924.
Price: 53.00 euro Size: 50x19cm./19.6×7.4inch. Weight: 667gr./23.5oz.
Large copper shield on a wooden plate. On the right the calvary of the Red Army, on the left a book with part of a poem and the name of the author. The name of the author is Demyan Bedny. The first major work of Russian poetry, reflecting the historical events of 1917, was Demyan’s poetic novel “About the land, about the legacy, about the working share.” The lines that ended on it were written on the day of the armed uprising in October. Yefim Alekseevich Pridvorov, better known by his writer name Demyan Bedny, was a Soviet Russian poet, Bolshevik and satirist. Also in 1911, he published the poem “Of Demyan Bedny”, which led to him being known by that name, and began a private correspondence with Vladimir Lenin which was said to develop into a long-lasting personal friendship. He was a steadfast supporter of the Bolshevik cause throughout the Russian Revolution and Civil War, writing agitprop from the frontlines. For this he was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner in 1923, followed by the Order of Lenin in 1933. In the 1920s and 1930s, he was very popular and variously supported by the Soviet regime. Bedny amassed one of the largest private libraries in the Soviet Union (over 30.000 volumes), from which Stalin was known to borrow books on occasion. His poem commemorating the Soviet victory on Nazi Germany was published in Pravda on May 3, 1945. Bedny died two weeks later, on May 19.
Price: 114.00 euro Size: 31x29cm./12.2×11.4inch. Weight: 1100gr./38.8oz.
Stalin lamp. A wall lamp from Stalin’s time with a star under both lamp holders and a star with hammer and sickle on the wall plate. Made of aluminum and made in the 1950’s.
Old matchbox label made in end 50’s, early 60’s. On the label there is the Ukranian Pavilon at the permanent Bahx exhibition in Moscow (VDKN exhibition). This huge exhibition site contains dozens of buildings and there are millions of visitors each year. On the site there are some pavilons that are dedicated to certain regions and cities of the old USSR.
Price: 39.00 euro Size: 26×14.5cm./10.2×5.7inch. Weight: 205gr./7.2oz.
Old streetsign from the Soviet Union. After the collapse of communism these kind of signs were all removed. This one survived. The text on the sign reads:”Victory”. Offcourse about the victory the Soviets had against Nazi German. A used sign with rust and holes.
Watch with the image of Stalin and a red star. In good working order. Stalin was born in Georgia in 1878 under the name Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili . When he was in his 30’s he took the name Stalin wich means “man of steel”. He joined the militant wing of the Bolsheviks led by Lenin. In order to fund the Bolsheviks he took part in several bank robbery’s. When Lenin died in 1924 he took control and became leader of the Sovjet Union (founded in 1922 by Lenin). In 1942 Nazi Germany invaded the Sovet Union and gained much ground until they reached Moscow. Stalin refused to leave Moscow and after the battle of Stalingrad Stalins army’s defeated the germans until they reached Berlin. In 1953 he died ending his leadership.
Price: 26.00 euro Size: 17.5cm./6.8inch. Weight: 245gr./8.6oz.
Wallplate made in the Soviet Union to commemorate 45 year anniversary of the victory against Nazi Germany in WWII. Made in 1990. On the plate there is a image of the medal “Order Of The Patriotic War”.
Price: 126.00 euro Size: 28.5cm./11.2oz. Weight: 1280gr./45.1oz.
Lenin statue standing with hand in pocket and speech paper in the other hand. Statue is made of aluminum with bronze color. On the back of the pedestal a number, stamp and artist’s name.
The image of this pin is the Decembrists Memorial Monument in St. Petersburg. The Decembrist revolt or the Decembrist uprising, took place in Imperial Russia on 26 December 1825. Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Tsar Nicholas I. Because these events occurred in December, the rebels were called the Decembrists. As you figured. The experiences of the Napoleonic Wars and realisation of the suffering of peasant soldiers resulted in Decembrist officers and sympathisers being attracted to reform changes in society. They displayed their contempt of court by rejecting the court lifestyle, wearing their cavalry swords at balls (to indicate their unwillingness to dance), and committing themselves to academic study. These new practices captured the spirit of the times as a willingness by the Decembrists to embrace both the peasant and ongoing reform movements from intellectuals abroad. There was a standoff at the Winterpalace between loyalist soldiers and the rebels. Later that day the rebels lost and most of them arrested. 5 rebels were executed and the rest went into exile to Siberia.
The monument at the execution site in St. Petersburg.
Price: 126.00 euro Size: 45cm./17.7inch. Weight: 3595gr./126.8oz.
Statue of Lenin made in the Soviet Union in 1973. Very big statue. Lenin has his dumb in his pocket en is holding a newspaper. The statue is singed with:”Y. Pommer”. This is artist Yuri Petrovich Pommer (1919-1991) and little is known about him.
Price: 126.00 euro Size: 36cm./14.1inch. Weight: 1734gr./61.1oz.
Aluminium statue of Lenin made in the Soviet Union. A bit bigger as usual. Lenin is depicted in a casual way: walking and with his coat over his shoulder.
Price: 150.00 euro Size: 26.5cm./10.4inch. Weight: 206gr./7.2oz.
Handmade model of a Soviet submarine, NATO callingname: Foxtrot B400. It looks like the submarine is just coming home to port after a long one voyage. Flags are hanging from the antenna wire. The submarine is made of ebonite with metal and brass parts and stands on plexiglass bracket on an elongated bakelite base plate. In the nose are 2 white plastics processed.
Price: 105.00 euro Size: 30.5cm./12inch. Weight: 2475gr./87oz.
Lenin statue with inscription. Sculptor N. Teplov. Beautiful non-magnetic metal statue of a Lenin. Silk matt gloss, with inscription on the front and on the back the name of the artist and year of publication, 1977.
Watch with the image of general Georgy Zhukov. In good working order. Made in 1995 to commemorate the 50th. anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896-1974) was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union. During the Second World War, Zhukov oversaw some of the Red Army’s most decisive victories. Born to a poor peasant family from central Russia, Zhukov was conscripted into the Imperial Russian Army and fought in the First World War. He served in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. Gradually rising through the ranks, by 1939 Zhukov was given command of an army group and won a decisive battle over Japanese forces at Khalkhin Gol, for which he won the first of his four Hero of the Soviet Union awards. Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Zhukov lost his position as chief of the general staff. Subsequently, he organized the defense of Leningrad, Moscow, and Stalingrad. He participated in planning several major offensives, including the Battle of Kursk and Operation Bagration. In 1945, Zhukov commanded the 1st Belorussian Front; he took part in the Vistula–Oder Offensive and the Battle of Berlin, which resulted in the defeat of Nazi Germany, and the end of the war in Europe. In recognition of Zhukov’s role in the war, he was chosen to accept the German Instrument of Surrender.
Price: 25.00 euro Size: 9.2x8cm./3.6×3.1inch. Weight: 1215gr./42oz.
Vintage Soviet tea glass holders with glass. Each container is decorated with 15 rosettes and each has a glass, 2 different ones. Complete set of 6 and sold only as a set. The thea holders are samped on the bottom.
Matchbox label from 1968. On the label there is a sculpture wich was made by Matvey Manizer. As a student Matvey Manizer (1891-1966) was a prominent Russian sculptor. Manizer created a number of works that became classics of socialist realism attended the State Artistic and Industrial Academy there, and the art school of the Peredvizhniki from 1911 through 1916. From 1926 he was a member of the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia. In 1941 he moved to Moscow. Working in an academic and realistic style, Manizer produced a great number of monuments situated throughout the Soviet Union, including some twelve portrayals of Lenin. Manizer was awarded the People’s Artist of the USSR (1958), Member of USSR Academy of Arts (1947), vice president of USSR Academy of Arts (1947-1966), chairman of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists from 1937 to 1941, and winner of the Stalin Prize three times.
Unique propaganda fridge magnet, only available on Propagandaworld. The man with beard holding a rifle is made in 1941 by Viktor Koretsky. The magnet reads:”Our forces are numberless!”. Viktor Koretsky was one of the greatest propaganda artists, born 1909-1998. In the 2nd World War he made almost 40 propaganda posters with powerful images. Koretsky made the first Soviet postal stamp dedicated to the great patriotic war in WWII when Germany invaded Russia. This stamp was based on his eponymous poster which was displayed along Moscow streets in June 1941 in the first weeks following the Nazi invasion.
Lenin with book leaning on column, very big.Made of aluminum alloy. 1970s With inscription, donated 1983. Lenin’s original name was Vladimir Iljitsj Oeljanov. He lived from 1870-1924. He was a revolutionairy and the first leader of the Soviet Union. His political and social ideas, known as Leninism, was based on the social ideas of Karl Marx, called Marxism. After the october revolution in 1917 he was the first leader of the Soviet Union and put in place the first communist party and the first communist state in the world. His supporters were called the Bolsheviks. In the early 20’s Lenin had a series of strokes on wich he died in 1924. After losing is ability to speak. Lenin’s body was embalmed to preserve it for long term public display in the Red Square mausoleum. During this process, Lenin’s brain was removed. Lenin’s body is still on display. It is assumed that Lenin’s alias was chosen from the river Lena. One of the longest river in the world.
Price: 72.00 euro Size: 47.5cm./18.7inch. Weight: 3453gr./121oz.
Large standing plaster statue reinforced in the center with steel wire. Made somewhere in the 50s. On the back is the name of the artist. There are 2 cracks on the back of the feet, but these are no problem due to steel wire.
Statue of Lenin who is sitting at a desk with a book. The statue is signed. Also there is a inscription and the statue was a gift in 1971. The statue is made by Vladimir Sychev. In 1960-1980-s Vladimir Sychev worked in monumental sculpture. For several decades he created over 300 works in bronze, granite and marble. Most notable, in particular, are high reliefs and bas-reliefs at metro stations “Frunzenskaya”, “Narva” and “Ploshchad Vosstaniya”. As well as a monument to SM Kirov at the Elektrosila plant, a bust of Lenin in the Tauride Palace, a sculptural composition and a light curtain In the Tauride Garden. Vladimir Sychev died in 1995, continuing to work until the last days. Unfortunately, in the post-Soviet years, many of his projects remained unrealized. However, the artist’s studio still keeps many sketches, models, busts, and small sculptural forms. Currently, in the creative workshop of his father, fruitfully works his son – sculptor Andrei Vladimirovich Sychev.
Vladimir Sychev in his workshop.A part of Sychev’s workshop with many of his busts.
Price: 114.00 euro Size: 31cm./12.2inch. Weight: 3596gr./126.8oz.
Big heavy statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky. Quality piece and hard to find. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), nicknamed “Iron Felix”, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and official. Born into Polish nobility, from 1917 until his death in 1926 Dzerzhinsky led the first two Soviet state-security organizations, the Cheka and the OGPU, establishing a secret police for the post-revolutionary Soviet regime. He was one of the architects of the KGB. Dzerzhinsky spent four and a half years in tsarist prisons. Dzerzhinsky was beaten frequently by the Russian prison guards, which caused the permanent disfigurement of his jaw and mouth. In 1916, Dzerzhinsky was moved to the Moscow Butyrka prison, where he was soon hospitalized because the chains that he was forced to wear had caused severe cramps in his legs. Despite the prospects of amputation, Dzerzhinsky recovered and was put to labor sewing military uniforms. Felix Dzerzhinsky was freed from prison after the February Revolution of 1917. Lenin regarded Felix Dzerzhinsky as a revolutionary hero and appointed him to organize a force to combat internal threats known as Cheka. The Cheka undertook drastic measures as thousands of political opponents and saboteurs were eliminated. Besides his leadership of the secret police, Dzerzhinsky also took on a number of other roles; he led the fight against typhus in 1918, was chair of the Commissariat for Internal Affairs from 1919 to 1923, initiated a vast orphanage construction program, chaired the Transport Commissariat, organised the embalming of Lenin’s body in 1924 and chaired the Society of Friends of Soviet Cinema. A 15-ton iron monument of Dzerzhinsky, which once dominated the Lubyanka Square in Moscow, near the KGB headquarters, also became known as Iron Felix.
Picture of Dzerzhinsky at a parade in Moscow’s Red Square, 1936.
Price: 132.00 euro Size: 45×12.7cm./17.7x5inch. Weight: 4965gr./175oz.
Very big and heavy statue of Nikolay Chernyshevsky and signed. Made of aluminium alloy. Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (1828-1889) was a Russian revolutionary, materialist philosopher, writer, editor, critic, and socialist. He was the leader of the revolutionary movement of the 1860s, and had an influence on Vladimir Lenin, Emma Goldman, and Svetozar Marković. He graduated at the local seminary where he learned English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Greek and Old Slavonic. At St Petersburg University he kept a diary of trivia like the number of tears he shed over a dead friend. It was here that he became an atheist. By the time he graduated from the university, Chernyshevsky developed revolutionary and materialist views. He saw class struggle as the means of society’s forward movement and advocated for the interests of the working people. In his view, the masses were the chief maker of history. He is reputed to have used the phrase “the worse the better”, to indicate that the worse the social conditions became for the poor, the more inclined they would be to launch a revolution. Russian bolshevik Vladimir Ilyich Lenin praised Chernyshevsky: “..he approached all the political events of his times in a revolutionary spirit and was able to exercise a revolutionary influence by advocating, in spite of all the barriers and obstacles placed in his way by the censorship, the idea of a peasant revolution, the idea of the struggle of the masses for the overthrow of all the old authorities”
Tank T-54 aluminum with brass lamps on a bare wooden base. The tank is handmade of aluminium with brass parts and steel tracks. Pedestal is made of oak and has an acrylic plate. Dome can rotate 360 degrees.
Price: 150.00 euro Size: 32×9.5cm./12.5×3.7inch. Weight: 224gr./7.9oz.
Soviet Union Submarine B400. NATO reportingname was Foxtrot. Submarine is made of ebonite with metal and brass parts and stands on a plexiglass bracket on an long ebonite base plate. A plate of white plastic has been incorporated in the nose. Submarine can be removed from the pedestal.
Price: 82.00 euro Size: 20x18cm./7.8x7inch. Weight: 432gr./15.2oz.
Soviet model plane Iloeshin Il-2 Shtoermovik. Aircraft stands on a beautifully shaped metal standard hammer blow sprayed with aluminum under plate and has a number and mark. The model can be placed in any position at the top by means of a ball weight. Aircraft is made of metal and plastic.. Aircraft stands on a beautifully shaped metal standard. Blow sprayed. With aluminum base and has a number and mark. The model can be placed in any position at the top by means of a ball weight. Aircraft is made of metal and plastic.
Price: 23.00 euro Size: 16x12cm./6.2×4.7inch. Weight: 117gr./4.1oz.
Polikarpov I-16 Soviet fighter. Metal handmade model in a special seaplane version. Cockpit can fold open. Introduced around 1935. These aircraft were the backbone of the Soviet Air Force at the start of the Second World War. In addition, the aircraft was also used in the Spanish Civil War and the Battle of Halhin Gol.
Jet Fighter Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. NATO reporting name: Fresco F.F 1950. A lot of thought has gone into this model, look at the air intake, what a job making it that way. Few models of a MIG 17 have been made. The iconic MiG-15 was such a success that the MiG-17 and MiG-19 have been somewhat forgotten by trench art makers. Aircraft is made of aluminum and stands on an asymmetrical pedestal with a steel bracket. Pedestal is made of plastic and has a marble look green pen tray. Aircraft can be turned off its bracket, it is also possible to tilt the aircraft in different positions.
Price: 114.00 euro Size: 17.5×11.7cm./6.8×4.6inch. Weight: 641gr./22.6oz.
Soviet jet Fighter MiG-15. Illuminated. NATO reporting name: Bassoon. The iconic MiG-15 handcrafted trench art. Aircraft is made of metal and stands on a chrome base and bracket. Probably once worked on batteries, but now with a power supply, low current so 100% safe. It is illuminated with 2 bicycle lights, in the front and rear of the hull.
Price: 66.00 euro Size: 9.5×7.5cm./3.7×2.9inch. Weight: 306gr./10.7oz.
Officers desk ornament 3R10 nuclear missile. FROG = Free rocket over ground. Cold war relic. Handicraft, chrome-plated on bakelite base. Missile can be unscrewed from the launch platform. It stands on a chrome block which in turn stands on a bakelite block and fits together beautifully.
This is not a model that could be bought but was released by Antonov design bureau. Antonov An-74 UK on a blue disc and blue base 50 years anniversary handmade desk ornament. Metal plane and metal ring. Both not magnetic. The number 50 and honorary branch are both made of aluminum. Blue disc and base with inscription are made of acrylic. Plane can be rotated to put in different positions.
Price: 78.00 euro Size: 23x14cm./9×5.5inch. Weight: 572gr./20oz.
Handmade model of the Soviet airplane Sukhoi SU-9. More than likely made in the Soviet Union. On a chrome-plated brass. Heavy aircraft of a somewhat rarer model. Pedestal is very beautiful and has an asymmetrical shape that rises from low back to high at the front. Model is easy to remove from its bracket and can also be rotated, so placed at an angle.
Price: 198.00 euro Size: 50x38cm./19.6×14.9inch. Weight: 2090gr./73.7oz.
Very rare model plane of the Soviet Kalinin airplane. The first passenger airplane of Russia. Handmade. Model is built of wood with metal parts and stands on a plexiglass asymmetrical base. Model can be removed from the pedestal, the propeller can rotate. 2 exhaust pipes that protrude just above the windscreens. Beautiful! On the pedestal is a brass plate with text. Model has minor damage, see photos. I expect a model that you will never encounter again. The Kalinin K-2 was a Soviet aircraft designed and built by the designer Konstantin Kalinin. The aircraft was a variant of the predecessor K-1 with a more powerful engine and all-metal construction. The total weight of the structure significantly exceeded that of the planning. F.F. 1925, the first commercial flight took place in 1926. Only four were built.
Price: 66.00 euro
Size: 35x13cm./13.7×5.1inch.
Weight: 3212gr./115oz.
From a personal collection. Big, heavy Lenin glass vase. Beautiful made. The text on the vase reads:”100 Lenin 110″. On the back of the vase there is a little crack. That’s very unfortunate because this remarkable vase could very well be the only one in existence. But it is what it is.
Unique propagandaworld watch with the image of Laika. Beautiful and in good working order. This watch is only available on Propagandaworld.
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became the first animal in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth. Laika, a stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, was selected to be the occupant of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 that was launched into outer space in 1957. Soviet scientists chose to use Moscow straydogs since they assumed that such animals had already learned to endure conditions of extreme cold and hunger.
Little was known about the impact of spaceflight on living creatures at the time of Laika’s mission. Some scientists believed humans would be unable to survive the launch or the conditions of outer space, so engineers viewed flights by animals as a necessary precursor to human missions. The experiment aimed to prove that a living passenger could survive being launched into orbit paving the way for human spaceflight and providing scientists with some of the first data on how living organisms react to spaceflight environments.
Price: 47.00 euro
Size: 21cm./8.2inch.
Weight: 521gr./18.5oz.
Piece of ammo of a Soviet MiG fighter jet. The top of the shell is a old reproduction so the bullit is legal and safe. Made somewhere in the Soviet Union, probably in the 1960’s. The shell is mounted on a black plastic plate with inscription.
Price: 57.00 euro
Size: 33x10cm./12.9×3.9inch.
Weight: 342gr./12oz.
Ammo from a Soviet MiG Jet Fighter. The point of the bulletsleeve is a reproduction made from stainless steel. Therefore this piece of ammo is legal and safe. Made in the Soviet Union in the cold war era.
Pin with the monument “The Bronze Horseman”. The text on the pin reads:”Leningrad Bronze Horseman”.
The Bronze Horseman a statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has opened to the public on 7 (18) August 1782. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet.
The name comes from an 1833 poem of the same name by Aleksander Pushkin, which is widely considered one of the most significant works of Russian literature. The statue is now one of the symbols of Saint Petersburg.
Price: 65.00 euro
Size: 22x13cm./8.6×5.1inch.
Weight: 1490gr./52oz.
Bust from the Soviet Union, 1980 of Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov. Made of aluminium. On the front there is the signature of the writer and the date 1980. On the back is the signature of the person who made the bust.
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (1905-1984) was a Soviet-Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about life and fate of Don Cossacks during the Russian Revolution, the civil war and the period of collectivization, primarily in his most famous novel, And Quiet Flows the Don.
Price: 78.00 euro
Size: 14.5×7.5cm./5.7×2.9inch.
Weight: 1034gr./35.5inch.
Russian soldiers, 1 injured.One with a gun, the other with a hand grenade. Statue is made of aluminum and has an inscription on the side but also on the bottom.
This monument is standing on the memorial site Mamayev Hill in Volgograd, formely known as Stalingrad. The memorial site is best known for the enormous statue “Motherland Calls”. The “Square of Heroes” part on this huge memorial site is a long waterpoul wich represents the river Volga wich was a stronghold of the Soviets in the battle of Stalingrad. Along the poul there are numerous statues and this is one of them.
The Mamayev hill was the highest point in Stalingrad and thus an important objective of the German Army during the battle of Stalingrad.
Fighting for this hill began on 13 September 1942, when German troops assaulted the fortified Mamayev, which was defended by the Soviet Army. When the Germans took the hill, they began firing on the centre of Stalingrad. The Soviets retook Mamayev on 16 September 1942, suffering extreme losses. The Germans assaulted the hill an avarage of 12 times a day and the hill changed several times of ownership during the battle. The German Army managed to take half of Mamayev hill on 27 September 1942. This situation remained unchanged untill the defenders’s relief by the Sovjet winter offensive on 26 January 1943 wich was a turning point on the Eastern Front.
“Square of Heroes”, in the background “Motherland Calls”
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 11×7.5cm./4.3×2.9inch.
Weight: 5gr./0.25oz.
Handmade pennant. Made by somebody in 1979 to honor Stalin’s 100th. birthday. The pennant says:”Long Live The Great Stalin. Stalin Was A Great Authority For Us”.
Stalin was born in Georgia in 1878 under the name Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili . When he was in his 30’s he took the name Stalin wich means “man of steel”. He joined the militant wing of the Bolsheviks led by Lenin. In order to fund the Bolsheviks he took part in several bank robbery’s.
When Lenin died in 1924 he took control and became leader of the Sovjet Union (founded in 1922 by Lenin). In 1942 Nazi Germany invaded the Sovet Union and gained much ground until they reached Moscow. Stalin refused to leave Moscow and after the battle of Stalingrad Stalins army’s defeated the germans until they reached Berlin. In 1953 he died ending his dictatorship.
Price: 117.00 euro
Size: 28x24cm./11×9.4inch.
Weight: 4200gr./148oz.
Lenin statue sitting and writing. Statue has got a signature and is big and very heavy.
Lenin’s original name was Vladimir Iljitsj Oeljanov. He lived from 1870-1924. He was a revolutionairy and the first leader of the Soviet Union.
His political and social ideas, known as Leninism, was based on the social ideas of Karl Marx, called Marxism. After the october revolution in 1917 he was the first leader of the Soviet Union and put in place the first communist party and the first communist state in the world. His supporters were called the Bolsheviks. In the early 20’s Lenin had a series of strokes on wich he died in 1924. After losing is ability to speak.
Lenin’s body was embalmed to preserve it for long term public display in the Red Square mausoleum. During this process, Lenin’s brain was removed. Lenin’s body is still on display.
It is assumed that Lenin’s alias was chosen from the river Lena. One of the longest river in the world.
Matchbox label from the Soviet Union made late 50’s, early 60’s.
Shown is the “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman”.
The monument is 24.5 metres (78 feet) high, made from stainless steel by Vera Mukhina for the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris, and subsequently moved to Moscow. The sculpture is an example of socialist realism in an Art Deco aesthetic. The worker holds aloft a hammer and the kolkhoz woman a sickle to form the hammer and sickle symbol.
Price: 51.00 euro
Size: 20cm./7.8inch.
Weight: 1600gr./54oz.
Warsaw pact Tank Metal desk ornament with Sputnik on the back. Warsaw pact era communist sculpture/relief, remnant of the armed forces.The Sputnik can be seen on the back.Front Tanks and Armor (T-55, PTSZ, APC).
Price: 80.00 euro
Size: 9×8.5cm./3.5×3.3inch.
Weight: 368gr./13oz.
Airplane, Jet fighter Mig clock.Molnija Cockpit chronograph. Working clock in good condition. By turning the knob to the left you wind up the clock, pulling it out sets the time correctly.With the right button after pressing the seconds hand and small clock starts at the bottom.Pressing it again can stop it.Press again and seconds hand and small clock will reset to zero.
Price: 44,50 euro
Size: 12×18.5cm./4.7×7.2inch.
Weight: 700gr./24oz.
Tank clock, acrylic holder desk ornament.Middle piece hinges so that the clock can be tilted.The back is transparent, which shows the working of the clock perfectly and the stamped numbers are also clearly visible. By turning the ring back and forth around the clock you wind up the clock. If the ring is pulled forward you can change the time. Red and white number plate with inscripted: 1962.
Price: 24.00 euro
Size: 24.5×12.5cm./9.6×4.9inch.
Weight: 530gr./19oz.
Shield/wall plate with Soviet soldier.A Russian soldier tramples the swastika with his boots, a sword in his right hand and a child on his left arm. Also known as the Soviet War memorial in Treptow Park in Berlin. rcBr means: group of Soviet forces stationed in Germany. At the bottom it says; “In mind the soldiers of the RCBr”.
Wooden shield with metal soldier on plastic black plate.
Pictured on this pin is the airport Pulkovo at Leningrad, now called St. Petersburg. The text reads:”Leningrad Aeroflot Pulkovo”. On the top is the symbol of Aeroflot wich is still used.
Price: 35.50 euro
Size: 12×8.5cm./4.7×3.3inch.
Weight: 114gr./4oz.
Cigarette box Soldier with PPsH machine gun, Moscow, Shield, Industry, CCCP There solid cigarette box with the border of the Soviet Union and the letters CCCP On the back inscription. Farewell gift. The image on the case is not (hand) engraved but pressed with a die in a factory.There is space (in the shield) to engrave initials.In this specific case, the text was too big for the shield. In many shops in the Soviet Union, usually near a souvenir shop, there were men who could decorate or personalize a gift with a kind of engraving.These craftsmen had a self-built electric tool, a kind of Dremel, with which they engraved with a cutter.The box is an example of this “art”. The text on the case reads:”To my friend Viktor in memory of the joint service in the ranks of the Soviet Army of Smolsky A.L. Chmelnytsky, 1983-1985″ Compulsory military service was a major, if not the greatest, event in the lives for many boys ages 18-20 (often from remote areas and villages). The friendships made during many difficulties and trials during this service often remained literally lifelong friendship.
Price: 45.00 euro
Size: 10.5×8.5cm./4.1×3.3inch.
Weight: 52gr./1.5oz.
Cigarette case from the Soviet Union. Made to commemorate the defeat of Nazi Germany 40 years. This case is made in 1985 and shown on the case is the Order Of The patriotic War. This order was given to soldiers who preformed very good in the second world war but in 1985 very soldier who fought was awarded this medal.
Price: 23.00 euro
Size medal: 6cm./2.3inch.
Weight: 80gr./3oz.
The Mound of Glory BSSR WWII. Commemorative medal in original box.Beautiful images, 2 soldiers embracing each other and woman in national costumes waving a flag. The Mound of Glory is a memorial complex honoring Soviet soldiers who fought during World War II, located 21 km from Minsk, Belarus on the Moscow Highway.Designed by O. Stakhovich and sculpted by A. Bembel, it was created in 1969 on the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus during Operation Bagration (1944).
Complete postcard set of the interiour of the house of Lenin. Probably made in the 60’s. The cover of the map reads:”Office and Apartment of Lenin in the Kremlin”.
Lenin’s original name was Vladimir Iljitsj Oeljanov. He lived from 1870-1924. He was a revolutionairy and the first leader of the Soviet Union.
His political and social ideas, known as Leninism, was based on the social ideas of Karl Marx, called Marxism. After the october revolution in 1917 he was the first leader of the Soviet Union and put in place the first communist party and the first communist state in the world. His supporters were called the Bolsheviks. In the early 20’s Lenin had a series of strokes on wich he died in 1924. After losing is ability to speak.
Lenin’s body was embalmed to preserve it for long term public display in the Red Square mausoleum. During this process, Lenin’s brain was removed. Lenin’s body is still on display.
It is assumed that Lenin’s alias was chosen from the river Lena. One of the longest river in the world.
Pin about the city of Sibay and is made to commemorate 30 years of city status. Sibay is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the border between Europe and Asia, on the east slope of the Southern Urals. Sibay was granted urban-type settlement status in 1938. In 1955, it was granted town status. Sibay is well-known for possessing the deepest open-cast mine in Russia: its colossal Copper-Zinc quarry is almost 2-kilometer (1.2 mi) wide and 500-meter (1,600 ft) deep.
Pin about the city of Sibay. Sibay is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the border between Europe and Asia, on the east slope of the Southern Urals. Sibay was granted urban-type settlement status in 1938. In 1955, it was granted town status. Sibay is well-known for possessing the deepest open-cast mine in Russia: its colossal Copper-Zinc quarry is almost 2-kilometer (1.2 mi) wide and 500-meter (1,600 ft) deep.
Pin from Russia and shows the Peter And Paul Fortress in St.Petersburg (formerly known as Leningrad).
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini’s designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. Between the first half of 1700s and early 1920s it served as a prison for political criminals. Functions as a museum since 1924. Today it has been adapted as the central and most important part of the State Museum of Saint Petersburg History.
Price: 38.00 euro
Size: 14cm./5.5inch.
Weight: 370gr./13oz.
Solid Soviet star of a memorial. Vintage star made of stainless steel. On the back you can still see the places where the pins used to be, to attach the star.
Price: 95.00 euro
Size: 26x19cm./10.2×7.4inch.
Weight: 972gr./35oz.
Very older honor wreath Soviet Union.Top piece from own collection. Made of Bronze and 2-tone colored wood.There was once an honor shield at the bottom, but it was probably removed for privacy.Star is also made of metal and painted red. What a beautiful piece!Pedestal, which has 2 colors, rises from low to high.
Exclusive propaganda fridgemagnet only available on Propagandaworld. Soviet Union propaganda labour art. The magnet reads:”Go Comrade, To Our Collective Farm!”.
Price: 23.00 euro
Size Medal: 8cm./3.1inch.
Weight: 350gr./10oz.
Warsaw Pact 20 years1955-1975. Bronze plaque in original box. Beautiful plaque, in front of a soldier with behind him a flag on which an airplane, rocket, tank and ship. Back of the medal there is an AK 47 where the 7 flags of the 7 Warsaw Pact countries flutter. It is signed under the gun.
Price: 21.00 euro
Size: 9.5×7.5cm./3.7×2.9inch.
Weight: 304gr./10oz.
7 Soldiers with 7 flags of their country. Beautiful Cold War piece. The Warsaw Pact was established in 1955. The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of communist countries from 1955 to 1991. The treaty was signed on May 14, 1955 in the Polish capital of Warsaw in response to the accession of the Federal Republic of Germany to NATO.
The pin reads:”Russian Army Borodino 1812″.
It refers to the battle of Borodino when the French army of Napoleon invaded Imperial Russia.
The fighting involved around 250,000 troops and left at least 70,000 casualties, making Borodino the deadliest day of the Napoleonic Wars and the bloodiest single day in the history of warfare until the First Battle of the Marne in 1914. Napoleon’s Grande Armée launched an attack against the Imperial Russian Army, driving it back from its initial positions but failing to gain a decisive victory. Both armies were exhausted after the battle and the Russians withdrew from the field the following day. Borodino represented the last Russian effort at stopping the French advance on Moscow, which fell a week later. However, the French had no clear way of forcing Tsar Alexander to capitulate because the Russian army was not decisively defeated, resulting in the ultimate defeat of the French invasion following the retreat from Moscow in October.
Pennant from Aeroflot.
Aeroflot nowadays is the biggest airline company of Russia. In the Soviet era it was even the biggest airline company in the world with 3000 aircrafts. They still use the hammer and sickle in their symbol.
Mig 23 Switch top on clear plexiglass base. Aircraft presumably made of brass, later chromed.Stainless steel bracket is attached to a plexiglas base with 2 aluminum “screws”. It is on 4 aluminum legs.Wings can be folded and unfolded and the airplane can also be removed from the bracket.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (NATO reporting name Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-generation jet fighter, the world’s most-produced variable-geometry aircraft, along with similar Soviet fighters such as the Su-15 “Flagon”. It was the first Soviet fighter to field a look-down/shoot-down radar and one of the first to be armed with beyond-visual-range missiles. Production started in 1969 and reached large numbers with over 5,000 aircraft built. Today the MiG-23 remains in limited service with some export customers.
Price: 26.00 euro
Size: 10cm./3.9inch.
Weight: 228gr./9oz.
WWII commemorative plaque. A gun stuck in the ground, a soldier’s grave between the remains of a city that had been destroyed and war equipment.A young tree grows next to the gun, symbolizing that he gave his life for new life. Beautiful bronze plaque.
Price: 21.00 euro
Size: 9cm./3.5inch.
Weight: 180gr./6.2oz.
WW2 1945 Candle of life. Probably made in the 1980’s. Symbolic displayed and hand that protects the light of life.The 7 stars are the 7 Warsaw Pact country’s. WW 2 Commemorative plaque with beautiful platinum.
Price: 21.00 euro
Size: 20×17.5cm./7.8×6.8inch.
Weight: 126gr./4.5oz.
Aeroflot Aluminum model. The Tupolev Tu-104 (NATO reporting name: Camel) was a twinjet medium-range narrow-body turbojet-powered Soviet aircraft.It was the second to enter regular service and was the only jetliner operating in the world from 1956 to 1958, when the British jetliner was grounded for safety reasons. Old model made of aluminum. Some corrosion on one side.
WWII table medal Soviet Union made in 1975. 30 years after the victory on Nazi Germany 1945-1975. Bronze Table medal in original box.What a beautiful plaque this is, soldier runs forward from Leningrad to Berlin with 2 flags bearing the Soviet and Polish coat of arms.
Price: 53.00 euro
Size: 9×4.5cm./3.5×1.7inch.
Weight: 200gr./7oz.
Business card holder CCCP times “Aeroflot” with ascending jet. Everything of metal, holder and jet are chrome plated.At the bottom a piece of black fabric.Airplane taking off, the stripes of runway can be clearly seen.There are some signs on the chrome bracket but we got no idea what it means.
Price: 21.00 euro
Size: 7cm./2.7inch.
Weight: 46gr./1.5oz.
Soviet table medal with Red Army soldier. On the background there are tanks, cannons and rockets. The text on the back reads:”Ground Troops USSR Armed Forces”.
Price: 295.00 euro
Size: 41.5x31cm./16.5x12inch.
Weight: 3218gr./120oz.
Illuminated marine CCCP Officers desk ornament.Beautiful large and heavy handmade ornament.Almost 100% of brass and ebonite. Boat in harbor and lighthouse are illuminated, now with a power supply and no battery.Unlimited illuminated!Lighting button is located on the stern of the boat. All wires have been renewed just like the standard bicycle lamps. The 2 naval mines are inkwells and have caps that are attached to chains where they were originally attached to the seabeds.Column in the sea is the monument in memory of sunken ships.For the 2 ink pots a holder to put down an ink pen.(not included in the sale).Around 7 brass poles with a ship’s chain in between. The whole piece has 4 legs made of ebonite.
The pin reads:”Russian Army Borodino 1812″.
It refers to the battle of Borodino when the French army of Napoleon invaded Imperial Russia.
The fighting involved around 250,000 troops and left at least 70,000 casualties, making Borodino the deadliest day of the Napoleonic Wars and the bloodiest single day in the history of warfare until the First Battle of the Marne in 1914. Napoleon’s Grande Armée launched an attack against the Imperial Russian Army, driving it back from its initial positions but failing to gain a decisive victory. Both armies were exhausted after the battle and the Russians withdrew from the field the following day. Borodino represented the last Russian effort at stopping the French advance on Moscow, which fell a week later. However, the French had no clear way of forcing Tsar Alexander to capitulate because the Russian army was not decisively defeated, resulting in the ultimate defeat of the French invasion following the retreat from Moscow in October.
Price: 162.00 euro
Size: 28.5x19cm./11.2×7.4inch.
Weight: 1868gr./65oz.
Used as;Cargo and passenger airliner and light bomber. Soviet Union origin. First user: TARS (Romania), 6/8/1946, sold to Hungary: 8/1/1946 airline;MASZO FLET Hungary now has the only flying Li-2 in the world! This model is handmade and still has its original paint.The bracket is made of metal, chromed and painted blue on the back (the same color as the plane) and also with 2 blue lines on the front.It stands on a red marble base.
