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This is a photo of the MiG-15 that my father flew in 1958. He was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force.

He earned the rank of Senior Lieutenant a few years after graduating from flight school, with about 200 combat flight hours under his belt.

I've already shared a photo of my parents from the same year. Someone asked what he flew, so here it is — the actual aircraft.

Hello everyone!

I'm currently digitizing a large archive of original color slides from the Soviet era. Most of them were found abandoned in a dumpster — so no photographer info, no dates, no notes.

This particular slide comes from a batch that seems to have been taken in Klaipėda and Nida somewhere in the late 1970s (maybe early 80s). The film looks original, no signs of later copying.

The general atmosphere feels very “Curonian Spit” — maybe Nida, maybe the outskirts of Klaipėda

I've already tried comparing it with old photos of Nida, Juodkrantė, and the Klaipėda old town, but nothing matches exactly.

My questions for you:

1. Does this building look familiar to anyone?
2. Could it be a former hotel, sanatorium, fisherman's house, or maybe a municipal building?
3. Has anyone seen old photos of this exact place before?

I'm trying to catalog everything properly for an open archive later. Even a small clue would help a lot.

Ačiū iš anksto!  )

my original post

I found several boxes of original color slides from the 1970s in an abandoned dumpster. This one shows Klaipėda (Memel back then) — Lithuania‘s only seaport.

What makes this place interesting is that after WWII, the city lost its entire pre-war population and was resettled almost from scratch . Most of the old churches were demolished during the Soviet era — today you won‘t find a single church in the Old Town . The historical perimeter of where St. John’s Church once stood is now just an empty lawn marked by bushes.

Klaipėda‘s Old Town is the only one in Lithuania without a single church — all were demolished during the Soviet era .

The city lost 100% of its pre-war population and was resettled from scratch .

For 501 years (1422–1923), the border near Memel was one of the longest unchanged borders in Europe .

Klaipėda is unique in the former USSR for developing its own architectural style — now called 'Klaipėdic' — using red clay bricks

Part 1

Found a box of vintage color slides from the late 1960-70s on a dumpster - Soviet landmarks and architecture across the USSR. I started to digitize them with a DIY macro setup but the quality is poor, colors are shifting, and dust is everywhere.
I can't afford a proper slide scanner (like Plustek 8100 or even a used Reflecta) right now.