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Vic Bakin is documenting Ukrainian youth in Kyiv’s de-occupied territories

Guillaume Chauvin takes an unexpected approach to wartime photography in Ukraine

Art: Escif's wall terrorists have been spotted somersaulting across Spain

“Our fight goes on. On battlefields and online” – Kyiv-based design writer Lena Kozar shares her story from inside the war

Kieran Kesner's stunning portraits of people and protests in Ukraine

Photography: Marco Kesseler documents fear and waiting in Ukraine

Naranjo — Etxeberria design the Spanish Advertising Annual

Viacheslav Poliakov shoots the “folk-baroque-industrial mess” of Ukraine and Poland

Miniature tabard

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

A Ship in a Stormy Sea

Panel with Byzantine Ivory Carving of the Crucifixion

Textile Fragment with Double-Headed Eagles

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

Spanish studio Muokkaa creates these jazzy Memphis-inspired set of numbers

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Michal Chelbin's photography is an unusual insight into Ukraine's military boarding schools

Ukrainian collective Join The Cool recreate an Eastern European school graduation album

Dani Pujalte captures Spain's immense cultural centres suffering from a lack of use

Blending fiction and reality, Julie Poly’s new series presents the colourful characters of the Ukrainian railway

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Text: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Base design help Madrid City Council embrace great design

Graphic Design: Spanish studio Forma & Co. make even boring briefs exciting

Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada

New show celebrates the Spanish studio which turned ceramics into jaw-dropping architectural features

Martin Usborne spotlights the dark side of the Spanish hunting dog

Photographer David Denil explores Ukraine's mindset after the 2014 revolution

30. Рост числа детей в дошколь- ных учреждениях по СССР (1924-1932 rr.).(Growth in the number of children in preschool institutions in the USSR (1924-1932 rr.).)

Position of the U.S.S.R. in the world and in Europe in reference to amount of industrial output in 1913 and 1937

Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia

Friday Mixtape: a collection of bangers from Spanish band Hinds

Unnerving photographs of a youth military camp from Ukrainian Maxim Dondyuk

Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”

Jake Green and Emma Jane Spain collaborate to deliver some home truths in The Tumbled House

Alexander Chekmenev’s compelling photographs of elderly citizens in the newly independent Ukraine

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Photographer Joe Newman documents a boxing gym for young people in a Ukrainian war zone

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

Koln Studio’s bold typographic call to action for Madrid’s referendum

Beautifully tessellated stools from Spanish designers Alvaro Catalan de Ocon

U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. Western Asia.

Meet the man championing Spain's 20th Century "graphic pioneers"

Patrick Wassmann photographs the youthful existence in Mukachevo, Ukraine

The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia

Spanish artist Ignasi Monreal firmly places classical painting in the now

Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.

Tasteful designs from young Madrid duo Naranjo – Etxeberria

Ukrainian artist Lewel makes unashamedly crazy illustration

U.S.S.R. Central and Eastern Asia.

A catch up with multitasking Spanish creative studio, Querida

Clifford Jago returns with a bizarre, confusing but altogether joyful trip through Ukraine

“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)

Koln Studio designs a type-led campaign for Madrid’s Pride celebrations

JJ Lorenzo photographs a generation “marked by the frictions between East and West” in Ukraine

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city ​​councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)

Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings

Composite Text: О ВТОРОМ ПЯТИЛЕТНЕМ ПЛАНЕ РАЗВИТИЯ НАРОДНОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА СССР (1933-1937 гг.).

Contents: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Photographer Kevin Faingnaert depicts Spain’s El Rocío pilgrimage in a cinematic light

Stunning crinkle-cut marble tables from Spanish designer Tomás Alonso

Chris Nunn immerses himself in the turbulent regions of Ukraine

Butts, farts, guitars and cigarettes from our new favourite Spanish illustrator Puño

Covers: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Title: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Bold, surreal commercial illustration from Madrid creative Velckro

A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine

The Coast of New Spain from Neuva (i.e., Nueva) Vera Cruz to Triste Island.

Illustrator Cristina BanBan intertwines the eccentricities of London life with memories of her native Spain

Spain. Portugal. Italy.

Grey Spain produce a brilliant campaign with different messages for adults and kids

Vol II (3) Alhama (Alhama de Granada, Spain)

Kyiv Type Foundry is conserving the architectural heritage of Ukraine by pulling typefaces out from underground

A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums

Slick mid-century inspired illustration from Spanish creative Aron Vellekoop León

Spain. Portugal.

Stanley Sunday, the underground Spanish director with a wicked sense of humour

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)