Why Children Were Put to Sleep Outside in Winter and Summer.
❄️This practice was widespread in the USSR. Children were put to sleep outdoors, both in winter and summer.
❄️This practice had two main reasons. The first was the perceived benefit. It was believed that sleeping in the open air would help strengthen the immune system, and children would get sick less often.
❄️The second reason was that this тихий час (quiet hour) made the caregivers' work easier, as children fell asleep faster and more soundly in the fresh air, requiring less calming down.
❄️Even in winter, babies slept in the fresh air if the temperature did not drop below -10°C. And some kindergartens, due to the lack of a quiet area near the building, created sleeping spaces right on the roof.
❄️To keep the children warm, special sleeping bags made from sheepskin were sewn for them. In these, the little ones never got cold and slept soundly.
❄️However, parents later had a hard time because at home, the child couldn't fall asleep properly due to the lack of fresh air. So, they had to open all the windows in the house, even if the weather was bad.
❄️It was also believed that such sleep, especially in winter, was an excellent prevention against tuberculosis, which was a very serious problem at the time.
Source: Pikabu
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On June 19, 1920, the Council of People's Commissars adopted a decree establishingthe All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for the Elimination of Illiteracy (Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия по ликвидации безграмотности, or ВЧК ликбез, ВЧК for short).
• ЛИКвидация БЕЗграмотности
[lik-vi-da-tsy-ya biz-gra-mat-nas-ti]
Elimination of illiteracy
Abbreviation: Ликбез
🔻The resolutions of the established commission were mandatory. It was formed to implement the decree on the elimination of illiteracy and oversaw the education of illiterate and semi-literate people.
🔻Anatoly Lunacharsky, the People's Commissar of Education, was responsible for the commission's affairs.
🔻Likbez became a crucial stage in the formation of the Soviet education system, which encompassed various educational institutions for different segments of the population, thereby contributing to the development of science and technology.
🔻Check some more details in the comments👇
Photos: open Internet sources
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On July 24, 1959, at the exhibition in Sokolniki, during a heated argument, Nikita Khrushchev angrily blurted out to Richard Nixon:
• Мы ещё покажем вам кузькину мать!
SLT: We will yet show you Kuzka's mother!
🔻MFA interpreter Yuri Lepanov was not prepared for such an outburst and dutifully translated it into English as: "We will show you Kuzma's mother," which greatly puzzled the journalists.
▶️Я покажу вам кузькину мать!
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Talking about IQ...
The USSR created a table to test your observation skills. It's called "The Engaging Table." Find the numbers 1 through 90 in sequence on this table.
🔻If you find them in 5-10 minutes, you have exceptional observation skills.
10-15 minutes – good.
15-20 minutes – average.
20-25 minutes – satisfactory.
😉The bravest among you can try this in Russian! Hint:
▶️Cardinal numerals 1-20
▶️Cardinal numerals 20-100
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Did you know that in the USSR there used to be a female newly-invented name 'Даздраперма'?
• Даздраперма
[da-zdra-per-ma]
🔻It came from a Soviet slogan:
• ДА ЗДРАвствует ПЕРвое МАя!
Long life the first of May!
Photo: 1 May, 1968, Lvov, USSR, Ilya Pavlyuk
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Happy May Day, dear comrades!
🔻In July 1889, the Paris Congress of the Second International, in memory of the workers' demonstration (1886), decided to hold annual May Day demonstrations.
🔻During the Soviet era, May 1st was widely celebrated with parades and performances by workers and creative teams.
🔻I myself remember the mandatory participation of schoolchildren in these parades. We made huge white or red flowers🌷out of crepe paper with our own hands and waved them during the parade. It was fun, by the way.
🔻Now, the May Day celebrations are simpler; it's more of an opportunity to spend the day with loved ones and family.
🔻May Day is often associated with шашлыки [shash-ly-ki] barbecues, as warm weather arrives during this holiday period, and Russians enjoy spending time with family and friends in the forest or at their dachas.
Do you celebrate May Day in your country?
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On June 24, 1945, the Victory Parade took place on Red Square, Moscow.
🔻The parade commenced at 10:00 AM with Marshal Georgy Zhukov's entrance on a white horse. Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky commanded the parade, and they both inspected the troops.
🔻Finding a white horse which was supposed to symbolize the Victory, for Marshal Zhukov was no easy task, but one was found in the NKVD troops. Its name was Кумир (Idol).
🔻The preparations for the parade lasted a month. During this time, Zhukov got used to the horse, and the horse was trained not to be afraid of loud noises. To achieve this, an orchestra was present at the riding practices.
🔻The parade featured combined regiments from ten fronts, the Navy, military academies, and the Moscow garrison, including war heroes and distinguished soldiers.
🔻Key moments included the carrying of 36 battle flags of distinguished units and the symbolic disposal of 200 captured Nazi banners at the foot of Lenin's Mausoleum.
🔻Later, at a reception in the Kremlin, Stalin gave a toast, saying:
Our government has made not a few mistakes... Another nation might have said to the government: You have not justified our expectations, go away... But the Russian people did not do that...Thank you, the Soviet people, for the trust...
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The St. George Ribbon👍symbolizes the heroism of Soviet soldiers and serves as a reminder of the great victory over fascism.
🔻The history of this Victory symbol begins in 1769. During the Russo-Turkish War, Empress Catherine II established the Order of St. George, an award for army officers bestowed for personal bravery displayed on the battlefield.
🔻According to the order's 1769 statute, the insignia was attached to a silk ribbon with three black and two orange stripes. The ribbon bore the motto "For Service and Bravery." Black allegorically represented gunpowder smoke, while orange symbolized the fire of battle. Furthermore, the St. George Ribbon reproduced the colours of the state emblem of the Russian Empire, which depicted a black double-headed eagle on a gold background.
🔻By a decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR "On the equalization of rights of all servicemen" on December 16, 1917, the St. George ribbons were abolished.
🔻However, during the Great Patriotic War, on May 21, 1942, a Guards insignia was established, awarded to military units that distinguished themselves in battle, and the flags of Guards units featured a ribbon with the historical colours of the St. George Ribbon.
🔻These same colours were used in the design of the Order of Glory and the medal "For Victory over Germany," whose ribbons are edged with the St. George Ribbon.
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🥳Today we celebrate:
• День Пионерии
Pioneer Day
🔻Pioneers – Heirs of the Scouts.
🔻Children's and youth organizations existed in Russia even before the revolution, most notably the Scout movement.
🔻After the revolution, the Scout movement was banned, but many of its forms were used in 1922 during the creation of the Pioneer organization, including the slogan 'Будь готов! - Всегда готов!' (Be prepared/ready! - Always prepared/ready!)
🔻In 1970, there were 23 million Pioneers in the country, and over 200 million Soviet citizens passed through the Pioneer organization in total! I was a Pioneer too!
🔻There was a Pioneer version of the phrase used to affirm the truthfulness of one's words: Честное слово!Literally: Honest word! I swear! Honestly!
• Честное пионерское!
(I give you my) honest pioneer's (word)! = I swear!
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Did you know that there was a beard tax introduced by Peter the Great in 1698?
🔻Why? He wanted Russians to look European. Clean-shaven. Modern.
🔻But many refused to shave. So Peter taxed them.
🔻Up to 100 rubles per year — a huge sum back then.
🔻After paying, you received a special beard token which carried an inscription:
• ДЕНГИ ВЗѦТЫ
Деньги взяты
The money has been taken
🔻Courtiers, provincial nobles, and high-ranking officials paid an astronomical sum for the time - 600 rubles! Merchants paid less, but still a lot - 100 rubles. Ordinary townspeople had to fork out 60 rubles. Everyone else from petty clerks to servants, cab drivers, coachmen, and visitors paid 30 rubles.
🧔♂️Pay for it or shave.
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Did you know that history comes to life in Russia in the summer?
🔻From June 11 to June 15 in Moscow, the next festival "Times and Epochs" was held, dedicated to the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland. More than 2,250 reenactors from 12 countries prepared scenes from the past on dozens of sites: in parks, on streets and farmsteads.
🔻The program included 20 large-scale battles, historical costumes, camps, crafts and weapons. The guests saw the life of the Scythians, Romans, Rus of the 10th - 13th centuries, the armies of the 17th century, the armies of Suvorov, Kutuzov, the armies of the First and Second World Wars. Not just a show took place at each venue, but a historical reconstruction based on archival data and excavations.
🔻The participants recreated not only the clothes but also the everyday life of their eras. Guests from abroad demonstrated their periods of history.
📎The song in the video "Ваше благородие, госпожа Удача" (▶️Your Honor, Lady Luck.)
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