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Artist Salvador Dali and others bandaging up woman dancer named Charlotte in costume for his surrealist dance performance called 'The Accident Dance' at Dali's party called 'Night in a Surrealist Forrest.' Event was held at Bali room of Hotel Del Monte. Monterey, California, 1941.

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Artist Salvador Dali and others bandaging up woman dancer named Charlotte. California, 1941. Artist Salvador Dali and others bandaging up woman dancer named Charlotte in costume for his surrealist dance performance called 'The Accident Dance' at Dali's party called 'Night in a Surrealist Forrest.' Event was held at Bali room of Hotel Del Monte. Monterey, California, 1941. (Photo by Hansel Mieth/The LIFE Photo Collection/Getty Images)
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Joseph Stalin, Vlas Chubar, Kliment Voroshilov, Vyacheslav Molotov and Yakov Yakovlev. December, 1935.

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Joseph Stalin, Vlas Chubar, Kliment Voroshilov, Vyacheslav Molotov & Yakov Yakovlev. December 1935. Joseph Stalin, Vlas Chubar, Kliment Voroshilov, Vyacheslav Molotov & Yakov Yakovlev. December 1935.In December of 1935, the Kremlin hosted a delegation of Tajiks and Turkmens to celebrate the success of collective cotton farming. In autumn of that year Tajik farmers harvested enough cotton to fulfill 135% of their quota. For this the government awarded a truck, a tractor, a watch and a gramophone with records to all in attendance. Stalin also pledged to further support their farms: "Your collective farms are growing, there is a desire to work, we will provide machines, you will receive fertilizer, any help you need will be provided. So, your business with cotton will go well and a prosperous life will unfold." Though this was undoubtedly a success for the Soviet economy, we should remember that the process of collectivisation was rife with abuse and mistakes that we wou...
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Eald Soul

Hello There, I'm Eald Soul, from Planet Earth.
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