Today in Labor History October18, 1927: The murder trial began for Sholom Schwartzbard, accused of killing Ukrainian nationalist Symon Petliura because he slaughtered 15 members of Schwartzbard’s family in Pogroms. Schwartzbard was a Russian-born French Yiddish poet and an anarchist. He served in the French and Soviet militaries.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #ukraine #russia #soviet #communism #antisemitism #yiddish #assassination #poetry #books @bookstadon

Today in Labor History October18, 1927: The murder trial began for Sholom Schwartzbard, accused of killing Ukrainian nationalist Symon Petliura because he slaughtered 15 members of Schwartzbard’s family in Pogroms. Schwartzbard was a Russian-born French Yiddish poet and an anarchist. He served in the French and Soviet militaries.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #ukraine #russia #soviet #communism #antisemitism #yiddish #assassination #poetry #books @bookstadon

🛩️🇱🇹 HIdden inside an old hangar, somewhere in Lithuania, are some interesting old aeroplanes. A pair of 1960s Yak-18T and a mysterious “experimental” glider!

#Planes #History #Aviation#Soviet #Airplanes#Hangar#Glider

🛩️🇱🇹 HIdden inside an old hangar, somewhere in Lithuania, are some interesting old aeroplanes. A pair of 1960s Yak-18T and a mysterious “experimental” glider!

#Planes #History #Aviation#Soviet #Airplanes#Hangar#Glider