The ‘Worker and Kolkhoz Woman’ sculpture was created as a foil to Nazi Germany, but the artwork had a rough ride in Russia before finally cementing its place in VDNKh. United they stand – a ...

Text: "Only the life in the kolkhoz (collective farm) made work an honorable thing. Only the kolkhoz could give birth to real women revolutionaries. Only the co-operative life could destroy ...

In memory of Anna, Tamara, Nina. I was not familiar with Anna Kondratenko. I learned about her life only after her death, strange as it may sound. However, you probably didn't know about her either.

Recent University of Tartu graduate Aivo Põlluäär writes about life on Estonia's first kolkhoz*, or Soviet collective farm. The folklorist and local researcher's interest in the Viktor Kingissepp ...

Known for its historic logo featuring the Soviet-era "worker and kolkhoz woman," Mosfilm has long been a symbol of Russian cinema. Under the leadership of Karen Shakhnazarov since 1996 ...