Soviet aviation history on display at the Riga Aviation Museum +39 More See all photos. Baltic ... The Old Town is a delightful mix of new, medieval and Art Nouveau buildings.

But, in Soviet times, ‘Aeroflot’ was rather a naming of civil aviation as a whole, which, by 1991, included some 30 inner directorates. Aeroflot. On Business Trips by Plane.

The Ilyushin Il-62 was the Soviet Union’s first true long-haul jetliner,a marvel of Cold War aviation that connected Moscow ...

A steel gray fuselage with a bright red star painted on the side tail was about as ornate as the Soviets got when painting ...

Ralph Ziman’s 5-year collaborative effort to transform a decommissioned Cold War-era, Soviet-designed MiG-21 fighter jet from ...

Propaganda during Soviet times came in poster form. Some messages stirred patriotism in the fight against Adolf Hitler’s invading forces, while others slammed illiteracy and laziness. This year ...

South African artists Ralph Zimon needed 5 years and tens of millions of colorful glass beads to turn a symbol of oppression ...

It’s back — in an exhibition of political poster art. “Deconstructing Perestroika: Soviet Ideology and its Discontents,” at the Craft and Folk Art Museum through May 6, offers 24 original ...

The next poster focuses on two of the dogs - Belka and Strelka - sent into space by the Soviets ahead of the first human missions. It was 1960, says Sidlina, and the Soviet Union had already ...