WHILE AMERICA’S BOY AND GIRL Scouts are mostly associated with tying knots and selling cookies, their Soviet equivalent, the Young Pioneers, were more focused on defense of the Motherland. This photo, taken in the USSR in 1937, epitomizes their slogan: “Always prepared!”
This massive and chilling portrait is known as “The Pioneers’ Defense.” The Pioneers were meant to be ready against any threats that might arise—even from right behind the camera; barely a year later, Viktor Bulla, the photographer who took this picture, was declared an enemy of the state. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-man-who-took-this-photo-was-accused-of-being-an-enemy-of-the-state Steve...Lakeside Ca. See ya
The ultimate preppers.
ReplyDeleteKonichiwa Noor san,
ReplyDeletepicture here in your article look like Fukushima infected Aipac zone rangers, Ne?!
Honto ne, Aipac zone rangers actually ones who infect people of Fukushima.
Traditional Catholic Prayers: Pray against evil
WHILE AMERICA’S BOY AND GIRL Scouts are mostly associated with tying knots and selling cookies, their Soviet equivalent, the Young Pioneers, were more focused on defense of the Motherland. This photo, taken in the USSR in 1937, epitomizes their slogan: “Always prepared!”
ReplyDeleteThis massive and chilling portrait is known as “The Pioneers’ Defense.” The Pioneers were meant to be ready against any threats that might arise—even from right behind the camera; barely a year later, Viktor Bulla, the photographer who took this picture, was declared an enemy of the state. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-man-who-took-this-photo-was-accused-of-being-an-enemy-of-the-state Steve...Lakeside Ca. See ya