SovietSky

18 year old English guy taking a gap year from university. I love other countries/cultures/languages as well as history, religion, art, military and politics. You'll see all that get reblogged. I love to talk, so send me an ask! //
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fyeah-history:

The Petrograd Soviet Assembly meeting, 1917The Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies was a city council of Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), the capital of the Russian Empire. For brevity it is usually called the Petrograd Soviet. During the revolutionary days the council tried to extend its jurisdiction nationwide as a rival power center to the Provisional Government creating what in the Soviet historiography is known as the Dvoevlastie (Dual power). Its committees became key components during the Russian Revolution leading up to the armed revolt of October Revolution.

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by-grace-of-god:

A letter from the pope: Affirmation to those on the margins
On Holy Thursday, 12 incarcerated minors at Sylmar’s Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall had their feet washed by 12 Jesuit novices and the Jesuit Master of Novices — just as Pope Francis washed the feet of detainees at Casal del Marmo, a juvenile detention center in Rome. The juveniles wrote letters to the pope, praising him for his action.
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diannefeinsteinvevo:

Now i am become serb, remover of kebabs
Serb mercenary/volunteer poses with his AKM in Chechnya.

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nataliakoptseva:

Saint Nicholas and his Life

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rocknrollsamurai:

Albrecht Durer - ” The Battle of the Angels “

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aurevoirwonderland:

Sunday Mass at Notre Dame de Paris
Summer 2012

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unbekanntersoldat:

Dug in Panther.

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tierradentro:

“Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgement”, c.1621, Jusepe de Ribera.

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belovedrussia:

Moscow, USSR

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