Soviet night witches

Have you heard of the "Night Witches", or Nachthexen? Here is the story of the female aviators who were nicknamed Nachthexen.

The pages of history are filled with examples of women making major contributions to society and helping propel humankind into the future. However, some of these examples tend to be glossed over and overlooked by some historians. In fact, The Representation Project claims that women are only represented in 0.5 percent of recorded history.

Color images of the Russian Empire in Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii’s gorgeous photos, the goofy Romanovs and Olga Shirnina stirring colorized pictures of Russians in World War 1 take us back. In this gallery we see Olga’s work on photographs from World War 2. See more of Olga Shirnina’s work on her website.

Marina Dolina, Hero of the Soviet Union: Flew seventy-two missions, bombing enemy supply depots, strongpionts, tanks, artillery batteries, rail and water transport in support of Red Army ground units. On the 18th August 1945, Comrade Dolina was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Color images of the Russian Empire in Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii’s gorgeous photos, the goofy Romanovs and Olga Shirnina stirring colorized pictures of Russians in World War 1 take us back. In this gallery we see Olga’s work on photographs from World War 2. See more of Olga Shirnina’s work on her website.