In the project Soviet Playgrounds, David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka document more than 150 playgrounds across the former USSR — rockets, spacecraft and climbing globes built during the Cold War.
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During World War II, after the ...
Sixty-two years ago today, on April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to venture beyond Earth’s atmosphere into space. The achievement rocked the world, not only sending ...