Retro photographs of Russia

Chess game between the Red Army (black) and the Red Fleet (white). July 20, 1924. Retro photographs of Russia
Retro photographs of Russia
Live Chess game between the Red Army (black) and the Red Fleet (white). July 20, 1924. Red Army soldiers and sailors in the role of pawns, the riders on horses in their squares, combat crew moving on the chessboard portrayed chess game by Peter Romanovsky and Ilya Rabinovich. It was the fifth such experience of promoting chess. In 1921 such chess games were held in Smolensk, Kerch, Omsk and Moscow. The party lasted 5 hours and ended in a draw. The place of live chess game – The Palace Square in Leningrad.
Retro photographs of Russia

Day of white daisies – the day of collection of contributions to the fight against tuberculosis, 1912
Mamlakat Nakhangova – participant of the Stakhanovite movement in the USSR. The youngest and the first holder of the pioneers of the highest order of the USSR – the Order of Lenin, who received it at the age of 11, for harvesting (collecting per day 70-80 pounds against the adult rate 13-15 kg). Author – Boris Ignatovich.
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