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Soviet ballerina, r, struchkova, as princess aurora in a new production of tchaikovsky's 'sleeping beauty', april 1952, conducted by y, faier, choreographed by a, messerer and m, gabovich, scenery by m, obolensky.

Pavel ivanovich chichikov, a character in gogol's 'dead souls', illustration by a, leptev, 1952.

Joseph stalin (front, left) sits with k,e, voroshilov at a conference of best combine workers and soviet government, left to right, back: a,a, andreyev, l,m, kaganovich, v,j, chubar, ussr, 1930s.

Soviet ballet dancer, marina kondryateva, in the title role in laurencia, alexander krein's ballet based on a play by lope de vega, 1950s (?).

Moscow on the eve of may day, a couple placing an order for the holidays at the home delivery department of 'gastronom' food shop no, 2, april 1952.

Five leaders of decembrist uprising of 1825, left to right: p,i, pestel, k, f, rileyev, m,p, bestuzhev-riumin, s,i, muravyev-apostol, p,g, kakhovsky, all five were executed by order of tsar nicholas the first, russia.

Nikolai alekseyevich voznesensky, chairman of the state planning commission of the ussr, speaking at the joint session of the supreme soviet of the ussr and the soviet of nationalities, seated behind him on the presidium are (l to r): ch, aslanova and p, levitsky, vice-chairmen of the soviet of nationalities, a, zhdanov, chairman of the soviet of the union, t, lysenko and n, undasynov, vice-chairmen of the soviet of the union.

Soviet ballet dancer, natalia dudinskaya, as bayadere at the leningrad theater of opera and ballet, 1930s.

Women drying grain on a kolkhoz (collective farm) in the soviet union, 1930s.

Propaganda photo of josef stalin as benevolent father figure with eleven year old mamlakat nakhangova, a schoolgirl from the lakhuti collective farm, stalinabad region, tajikistan soviet republic, kremlin palace, moscow, ussr, december 1935.

A young family passing by the windows of the lyudmila shop in tchkalov street in moscow, 1950s.

Leon trotsky, people's commissar for military and naval affairs, at a military parade in red square in honor of the third congress of the communist interantion (third international), moscow, soviet union, 1920.

Tank commander, junior lieutenant alexandra boiko, speaking to attendees of the fourth soviet women's anti-fascist meeting on august 20, 1944 at the tchaikovsky concert hall in moscow.

The seagull' by anton chekhov, moscow art theatre production, left to right: luzhsky as dorn; v, meyerhold as treplev; roksanova as nina.

Prince of kiev, yaroslav the wise (1019 1054), sculpture reconstructed from the skull by m,m, gerasimov, the anthropologist, from the collection of the state historical museum in moscow, 1957.

Moscow residents listening to a radio report by molotov announcing the invasion of the soviet union by germany, june 22, 1941.

Painting 'the knight at the crossroad' by v,m, vaznetsov, ilya of murom, according to legend, in service of vladimir of kiev, 1953.

A,y, vishinsky signing the treaty of friendship, alliance, and mutual assistance between the soviet union and the chinese people's republic in 1950, (left to right: a,a, gromyko, n,a, bulganin, n,v, roshchin, chou enlai, a,i, mikoyan, n, khrushchev, k, voroshilov, v,m, molotov, stalin, mao zedong, b,v, podtserop, n,t, fedorenko, wang cha hsiang, g,m, malenkov, cheng po ta, l,p, beria, mr, azizov, and l,m, kaganovich).

3rd moscow conference, seated, left to right: v,m, molotov, w, harriman, winston churchill, j,v, stalin, anthony eden, standing: v,m, berezhkov, sir archibald kerr, v,n, pavlov, a, birse, f, gusev, october 18, 1943.

M, i, kalinin, president of the central executive committee of the ussr, awarding the order of the red banner of labor to grigoriy konstantinovich ordzhonikidze (sergo ordzhonikidze), the people's commissar of heavy industry, for over-fulfilling the production plan of 1935.

Soviet health spa, miners of the sophia colliery in the stalino region of the ukraine receiving inhalation treatment at a new facility, the network of medical and prophylactic institutions is growing steadily, new dispensaries and polyclinics with the latest equipment have been opened in mining districts, august 1952.

Joseph stalin standing on lenin's tomb in red square, reviewing the may day parade in 1952.

Soviet socialist realism, painting of heroic women workers shoveling coal in a rail yard, ussr, 1950s.

V,i, lenin, m,i, kalinin, i,v, stalin in a group of delegates of the 8th meeting of the bolshevik communist party in moscow, march 1919.

Vyacheslav m, molotov on his way to a meeting of the moscow session of the ministers council, march 14, 1947, the car is an armored american packard.

Top soviet military commanders, seated, from right: marshal k, e, voroshilov, marshal m,n, tukhachevsky, standing: marshal s, m, budyonny, ussr, 1935.

Women trying on hats at a millinery in moscow, april 1948.

Kirghiz red army cavalrymen bringing soviet power to central asia, 1930s.

M, marushko, a 66 year-old peasant from the village of dobroshin in the zhukov district of western ukraine, sees a picture of joseph stalin for the first time in his life, october 1939.

Sergei eisenstein, famous russian (soviet) film director, eisenstein on location holding a skull prop.

Winter war with finland 1939, soviet red army troops storming a finnish forest stronghold.

Famine, soviet union, a child dying of hunger, volga region, 1921-22.

The house in gori, soviet georgia where joseph stalin was born - now a museum, 1948.

Admiral n,g, kuznetsov, people's commissar of the navy, soviet minister of the navy, 1950s, ussr.

Soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin with khrushchev on the rostrum on lenin's tomb in red square, moscow, ussr, 1961.

Josef stalin (right) with felix dzherzhinsky, founder of the cheka (first soviet secret police), late 1920s? .

Communist leaders from two continents at the bolshoi theater in moscow at a meeting in honor of josef stalin's 70th birthday on december 21, 1949, (left to right: politburo member l,m, kaganovich; chairman mao zedong; armed forces minister marshal n,a, bulganin; stalin; walter ulbricht, deputy premier of the east german government; j, cedenbal; n,s, khrushchev, chief of the ukrainian council of ministers; i, koplenig).

Joseph stalin at a may day celebration with first grade student vera kondakova, may 1, 1952, she stepped out of a column of pioneers and presented the premier with a bouquet of flowers.

Scene from 'ivan the terrible' (1944-45), film by sergei eisenstein, nikolai cherkassov (left) as tsar ivan the terrible, ludmilla tselikovskaya as the tsarina, ussr.

Scene from 'ivan the terrible' (1944-45), film by sergei eisenstein, nikolai cherkassov (left) as tsar ivan the terrible, ussr.

Grigoriy konstantinovich ordzhonikidze (sergo ordzhonikidze), people's commissar of heavy industry with josef stalin welcoming a delegation from the georgian soviet socialist republic to moscow on march 19, 1936.

A,i, mikoyan with walter ulbricht, first deputy prime minister of the gdr, during his visit to east germany in april 1958.

Post-war donbass heals it's wounds, setting up a cylindrical head-frame, designed by engineer zherbin, at the dzerzhinsky colliery no, 12 in donbass, ussr, 1940s.

The first soviet steam-and-internal combustion locomotive with it's inventor and chief builders, november 1939, (left to right) d, lvov, l, maizel (inventor), and p, soroka.

Crime and punishment' novel by fyodor dostoyevsky, feodor konstantinov's illustration (woodcut), 1945.

Illustration of gogol's 'dead souls,' chichikov (left) visits puyushkin (plushkin), woodcut by agin, 1846.

The boiko's tank unit receives new js-122 (joseph stalin 122) heavy tanks, 1942, tank commander, junior lieutenant alexandra boiko and her husband, driver/mechanic ivan boiko being welcomed by their new comrades.

A demonstration / parade of the working people in red square in moscow on november 7, 1950, the sportsmen are carrying soviet flags and an image of stalin.

Joseph stalin with two young women collective farm workers from tadjikistan soviet republic at a conference of cotton farm workers, january 1936, ussr.

Black sea fleet, soviet submarines landing a detachment of marines onto occupied territory, april 1942.

Soviet health spa, the mud baths of a clinic for workers at the central health resort institute, june 1952.

Joseph stalin giving a speach at a session of the commission for studying the project of the model constitution of agricultural artels during the second all-union congress of collective farm shock-workers, april 1935.

Soviet radio-equipped r-34 (?) light tank crossing a destroyed bridge during red army maneuvers, 1938.

War time restoration of the krasnodar machine tool manufacturing plant is under way, a vertical boring and turning machine, assembled by a, bershadsky and his crew, is completed 20 days ahead of schedule, ussr 1940s.

A parade in red square, moscow, soviet union, may 1st, 1922, left to right: mikhail lashevich (second from left), leon trotsky (center, military uniform, beard), lev kamenev (second from right), tomsky (far right).

Young moscow women in a beauty salon, moscow, ussr, 1958.

Pyotr tchaikovsky, famous russian composer.

New growth on an old tree 20 km to the east of the blast center that was burnt and damaged in 1908 by the tunguska meteorite, prior to that, it was dense forest, this picture was taken during professor leonid kulik's 1938 expedition to investigate the event.

Joseph stalin during a speech in which he brands japan as an aggressor nation, early 1945.

A general view of kurejka (1939) in the turukhansk district of the krasnoyarsk territory, where joseph stalin was exiled by the tsarist government 1913 - 1917.

A crew of young women workers, headed by mari volkova (right), have just finished their shift and are reading the results of the high output competition, volkova and her girlfriends are in second place, the heading of the 'exhibition board' reads 'fulfillment quota for oil output from, ,,', 1940s.

The entrance hall of the ussr pavillion at the 1939 world's fair in new york.

Moscow, late 1930s, a trolley-bus going past the french embassy building.

The most popular business suit this season is worn with a warm vest of harmonizing color,' moscow, ussr, late 1950s or early 1960s.

A group of school children in gori, georgia in the 1890s, stalin is on the lower right.

Two women looking at coats and hats on display in a window of the central department store in moscow, 1940s.

A steam locomotive on the trans-siberian railroad in the krasnoyarsk region of russia in the 1890s, the first train in krasnoyarsk.

10th century, a prince and his bodyguard gathering tribute from the people, the prince's servant kept account and recorded the amount of tribute brought in on a tablet.

S, budenny, s, timoshenko, and k, voroshilov, a group portrait from 1919, at that time, voroshilov was a member of the military council of the first mounted army (cavalry), budenny was the commander of that army, and timoshenko was division commander in the army.

Communist leaders from two continents at the bolshoi theater in moscow at a meeting in honor of josef stalin's 70th birthday on december 21, 1949, (left to right: suslov, mao zedong, bulganin, stalin, vassilevsky, and khrushchev).

A statue of joseph stalin in the garden of victory square in the industrial city of stalinsk, the iron and steel plant is in the background, spewing smoke, early 1950s.

A meeting of the working people of the molotov election district of moscow, held here on the occasion of vyacheslav molotov's consent to stand for elections in this district, ussr, february 1950.

Order bearer p, kultyshev, a signalman of the soviet pacific fleet, is one of the first in military and political studies, april 1938.

Nina lobkovskaya in war and peace, like all young girls, nina loves pretty clothes, here she is trying on a dress during a shopping trip, if it were not for her uniform with its decorations hanging nearby, no one would guess that she has been through the war, 1940s.

A soviet propaganda poster featuring joseph stalin by artist p, golub, 1949, 'may our homeland live and flourish'.

Soviet blood bank, ussr, 1938, blood donor giving a donation.

Leon trotsky (lev davidovich bronstein), 1879-1940, soviet revolutionary, as a young man before the russian revolution.

A soviet propaganda poster featuring joseph stalin published by the iskusstvo publishing house, 1950 (?), 'under the leadership of great stalin - forward to communism'.

All of the accused, soviet and british, which included allan monkhouse, leslie thornton, gregory, william macdonald, cushing and nordwall, the woman among them is anna kutuzova, metro-vickers show trials, april 12 - 19, 1933.

A soviet mikoyan-gurevich mig-19 'farmer' jet fighter in flight, 1960s.

Mr, braude, leslie thornton's defence councel, metro-vickers show trials, april 12 - 19, 1933.

The bed bug' by vladimir mayakovsky, act 1, 1929 production by v, meyerhold at the meyerhold gostheatr (state theater), moscow, ussr.

A red army soldier distributes hot food to berlin residents, april, 1945, germany, world war 2.

Soviet blood bank, ussr, 1938, blood donor giving a sample for analysis.

Vladimir ilyich ulyanov (lenin) with fellow members of the st, petersburg 'league of struggle for the emancipation of the working class', st, petersburg, 1897, (left to right) standing - a,l, malchenko, p,k, zaporozhets, a,a, vaneye; seated - v,v, starkov, g,m, krzhizhanovsky, v,i, ulyanov, y,o, martov-tsederbaum, they styled themselves as 'old marxists', had years of revolutionary experience, and some of them had been in prison.

The black sea fleet, the crew of a soviet ship's anti-aircraft installation repulsing enemy planes, october 1942.

Soviet people who were held in captivity in germany and forced to work as civilian slaves returning to russia after their liberation, world war 2.

Anna kutuzova, a secretary at metropolitan vickers and a co-defendant, metro-vickers show trials, april 12 - 19, 1933.

Stalin addressing the 8th congress of soviets on the draft of the new soviet constitution, nov 25, 1936.

Soviet film director, dziga vertov (1896 - 1954).

A soviet propaganda poster featuring joseph stalin published by the iskusstvo publishing house, 1950 (?), 'the great stalin - the hope for peace', published during the collection of signatures under the appeal of the world peace council in the soviet union for a peace pact between the great powers.

Soviet space probe venera 5 or 6 launched in january 1969, this is a still from the film 'the storming of venus', produced by e, kuzis at the tsentrnauchfilm central scientific film studio, released on may 17, 1969.

Soviet health spa, a garden of the vinogradovo rest home for teachers in the moscow region, it is run by the trade union of employees of elementary and secondary schools of the russian federation, may 1951.

A burning messerschmitt 109-4d shot down by soviet flying ace captain tarasov during world war 2, it was tarasov's nineteenth.

A burning messerschmitt 109-4d shot down by soviet flying ace captain tarasov during world war 2, it was tarasov's nineteenth.

Russian civilians brought to nazi germany as slave laborers returning to the soviet union after the end of the european phase of world war 2, magdenburg, germany, may 1945.

Walter duranty (front row, center), public prosecutor vyshinski is standing and a,j cummings, news chronicle is to his right, metro-vickers show trials, april 12 - 19, 1933.

50 meter high monument to josef stalin erected in the armenian capital of yerevan, 1951, the monument was built by sculptor and people's artist of the ussr, s, merkurov and architect, r, izraelian who were both awarded the stalin prize for their efforts.

Spasso house, the residence of the us ambassador to the soviet union, walter b, smith, in moscow, ussr, late 1940s.

Rear admiral ivan pananin, chief administrator of the northern sea route, 1944, world war 2, ussr, famous leader of 1930s soviet polar expeditions.

Vsevolod meyerhold, russian theater director, 1922-23, soviet union.

Sergei eisenstein (1898-1948), russian (soviet) film director.

In the name of peace' a painting by soviet artists v, vikhtinsky, b, zhukov, e, levin, l, chernov, and l, shmatkov

Moscow, october 7, 1939, chairman of the presidium of the ussr supreme soviet mikhail kalinin awards heroes of the battles on the khalkhin-gol river, from left to right: heroes of the soviet union s, p, denisov, i, n, dushkin, k, n, abramov, n, s, gerasimov, v, i, shevchenko and i, a, lakeyev.

Mao zedong, n,s, khrushchev, n,a, bulganin, a,i, mikoyan, m,a, suslov, kim il sung, v, siroki (czechoslovakia), and enver hoxha (albania) on the tribune of the lenin-stalin mausoleum during the november 7th parade, 1957.

The bath house' by vladimir mayakovsky, a scene from act 6, produced by v, meyerhold at the meyerhold state theatre, moscow, ussr, 1930.

Portrait of russian revolutionary writer and philosopher, alexander radishchev (1749 - 1802), by a, laktionov.

Tsar nicholas ll, imprisoned by the provisional government at tsarskoye selo, during a walk, 1917.

A rural laboratory on a collective farm in the orsha district of the mari autonomous republic, soviet farmers conducted experiments in the field, and corresponded with experimental agricultural stations to make reports and to receive instructions for further experiments, seed parcels were supplied by the agricultural stations, 1930s.

Night by g, vinogradov, 1928.

A meeting of representatives of jewish people held in moscow on august 24, 1941, (l to r) poet perets markish, novelist david bergelson, people's artist of the ussr professor solomon mikhoels, and writer ilya ehrenburg.

A new soviet color documenyary 'first voyage to the stars' was shown at the Moscow second international film festival, the film tells about the world's first cosmic flight of the soviet pilot Yuri Gagarin.

The polish ensemble 'blue jazz', conducted by richard damrosh and featuring pianist brigida shimlovska, performing gershwin's rhapsody in blue in the green theater of the gorky central park of culture and rest, july 1956.

Order-bearers captain polina osipenko (co-pilot and commander of the plane), deputy to the supreme soviet of the ussr valentina grizodubova (navigator), and senior lieutenant marina raskova right before their historic flight, they set a world record for non-stop direct flight by women when they flew a tupolev db2/ant37 aircraft named rodina 6,000 kilometres (3,700 miles) from moscow to komsomolsk-on-amur, on the south-eastern tip of siberia, september 24, 1938.

A monument to josef stalin, designed by sculptor sergei merkurov, standing at the entrance to the moskva-volga canal.

Starving chuvash family near their tent, samara, soviet union, 1921-22, famine.

Leon trotsky (far right) entertains unidentified officials in his railway carriage office, soviet union.

Soviet space probe mars 1 which was launched on november 1, 1962.

Funeral of soviet politician mikhail ivanovich kalinin, 1946, pallbearers, from left: malenkov, beria, molotov, stalin.

Worker figure being assembled out of stainless steel as part of a giant statue designed by v,i, mukhin also featuring a collective farm girl, the statue is being built for the soviet pavillion at the world exposition in paris, 1937.

Soviet anti-tank gunners firing on a german tank on the south-western front, april 1942.

Nevsky prospect, leningrad, ussr, 1952.

Technicians in protective suits lift empty case of chemical air bomb out of a discharge chamber after the chemical agent was drained, soviet military base of shikhany, saratov region, ussr, october 4th 1987, diplomats and military experts from 45 countries witnessed a mass decommiss-ioning of chemical weapons.

Famous arcade passage way of gum, state department store on red square, moscow, ussr, 1935, a photograph by visiting american photographer and journalist julien bryan.

Red army soldiers of the first cavalry army, commanded by semyon budyonny (budenny) at a rally in 1920, russia, civil war.

Nikolai shvernik reading the sentence handed down by the supreme court at a trial of menshevik counter-revolutionaries in moscow, 1931.

A post-war meeting of workers at the kirov factory discussing plans for production necessary to complete the five-year-plan in four, this factory has been decorated three times, leningrad, ussr, 1946.

V, lacis, chairman of the council of ministers of the latvian ssr, speaking during the jubilee session of the supreme soviet of the latvian ssr on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of soviet latvia, july 1950.

August kirchenstein, chairman of the presidium of the supreme soviet of the latvian ssr receiving visitors on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of soviet latvia, june 1950.

Soviet health resorts, doctors of the lermontov sanatorium in odessa, ukraine, on the black sea coast, observing patients during treatments, a patient in the sanatorium's swimming pool can be seen on the screen in the foreground while his heart rate is being monitored, january 1973.

Soviet composers (l to r), sergei prokofiev, dmitri shostakovich, and aram khachaturian.

Soviet sailors swimming with floats with portraits of stalin in celebration of ussr navy day, sevastopol, ussr, july, 1950.

Valerian v, kuybyshev (1888-1935), soviet politician, chairman of supreme council of the national economy (1928-1930).

Siberian taiga forest that was flattened by the blast from the tunguska meteorite near where the meteorite fell in 1908, this picture was taken during professor leonid kulik's 1938 expedition to investigate the event.

World war 2, soviet women watch as their homes burn with fire set by retreating germans.

Plan for the central square in novorossisk drawn by stalin prize winner and academician b, m, iofan, 1944.

Sargeant andrei lavenkov training new sharpshooters during the battle with finland, 1940s (late?).

The ussr pavillion at the 1939 world's fair in new york at night.

The ussr pavillion at the 1939 world's fair in new york.

The ussr pavillion at the 1939 world's fair in new york.

Rozaliya zemlyachka (seated with glasses) during a purge trial at a co-operative in moscow, 1933, a leading bolshevik party member, she was one of the organizers of the 'red terror' during the civil war, she was responsible for the execution of thousands of white guard officers in the crimea after it was occupied by the red army in 1921.

International film festival in karlovy vary (carlsbad), czechoslovakia, american actress betsy blair speaking with soviet film producer/director grigori kozintsev, july 10, 1964.

Behind the scenes at the grand opera and ballet theater of the ussr, soviet ballet dancer, g, ulanova, in her dressing room, january 1947.

Cathedral of christ the savior, moscow, ussr, early 1930s, shell of the cathedral blown up as part of anti-religion campaign, later site of moskva municipal swimming pool.

The all-union agricultural exhibition in moscow, august 1939, visitors to the exhibition examining specimens of a couch-grass / wheat hybrid (developed by member of the academy of sciences, tsitsin) at the demonstration field of the grain pavillion, in the background is a newly erected statue of stalin.

A scene from the first act of 'solomon maimon' a new play by m, daniel being staged by the state jewish theater in moscow under the direction of people's artist of the ussr, solomon mikhoels, november 1940, in maimon's inn, count radzivill (i, shidlo) makes an attempt to carry off the wife (e, itskhoki) of maimon (v, zuskin).

A painting by k, finogenov of j,v, stalin, g,k, ordjonikidze, m,i, kalinin, l,m, kaganovich, and a,a, zhdanov on the experimental field of the auto-tractor institute, 1935.

A scene from the 4th act of 'solomon maimon' a new play by m, daniel being staged by the state jewish theater in moscow under the direction of people's artist of the ussr, solomon mikhoels, november 1940, solomon maimon bids farewell to the poor.

Capture of two swedish ships by russian navy of peter the great, 1703.

Scene from 'ivan the terrible' (1944-45), film by sergei eisenstein.

Workers brigades removing grain hidden by kulaks in stavropol, ussr, 1930.

The boiko's tank unit receives new js-122 (joseph stalin 122) heavy tanks, 1942, tank commander, junior lieutenant alexandra boiko and her husband, driver/mechanic ivan boiko.

The boiko's tank unit receives new js-122 (joseph stalin 122) heavy tanks, 1942, tank commander, junior lieutenant alexandra boiko and her husband, driver/mechanic ivan boiko.

State prosecutor, andrei vyshinsky reading the charges at a purge trial in the late 1930's.

Song festival in riga, sport performance of the pupils of the training institutions of the administration of labor reserves of the latvian ssr on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of soviet latvia, july 1950.

Leon trotsky speaking at the tomb of victims of an explosion at the head quarters of the moscow city committee of the russian communist party of bolsheviks, leontyevsky lane, moscow, soviet union.

Women factory workers, soviet union, 1930s.

Soviet composer dmitri shostakovich, early 1940s.

A group of young russian ladies play a game of blind man's buff, russia, late 19th, early 20th century.

Chairman s, muromtsev, a member of the constitutional-democratic party, speaking at a sitting of the first state duma (russian parliament) in 1906.

L, beria, g, malenkov, and a,mikoyan on the rostrum on lenin's tomb during a may day demonstration in red square, moscow, ussr, may 1, 1949.

Anti-religious demonstration called the komsomol christmas organized by the young communist league (komsomol), moscow, ussr, 1923.

The russian delegation including leo trotsky, being greeted by the germans upon their arrival at brest-litovsk, december 27, 1917.

The boiko's tank unit receives new js-122 (joseph stalin 122) heavy tanks, 1942, tank commander, junior lieutenant alexandra boiko and her husband, driver/mechanic ivan boiko, the unit commander entrusts the boiko crew with their tank.

The boiko's tank unit receives new js-122 (joseph stalin 122) heavy tanks, 1942, tank commander, junior lieutenant alexandra boiko watches the gun-layer, guards' sargeant russkikh, don the gun tarpaulin on her order.

Kv-1 (klement voroshilov) tank, a group of civilians and red army men watch a new kv-1 tank that has just left the factory and will soon be on its way to the front, ussr, world war 2.

People listening to a speach of a people's commissar being played on a gramaphone, 1920, propaganda train bringing movies and recordings to to reach and instruct the peasantry.

Participants in the annual physiacal culture parade standing under a portrait of joseph stalin near red square in moscow, ussr, 1930s.

A family strolling under the benificent gaze of a sculpture of josef stalin, 'the great continuer of lenin's cause' on one of the central thoroughfares of stalinogorsk, in the moscow coal basin, ussr, 1950.

Battleship potemkin' (1925), film by director sergei eisenstein, the famous scene where tsarist soldiers fire on demonstrators on the odessa steps (1905).

Members of the diplomatic corps with friends and family in red square, watching a demonstration, mrs, joseph davies, wife of the american ambassador to the ussr, is in the center (w/ light hat & cape), 1930s.

The voting in of k,p, orlovsky as the head of the 'rasvyet' kolkhoz, 1944.

Communist leaders from two continents at the bolshoi theater in moscow at a meeting in honor of josef stalin's 70th birthday on december 21, 1949, (left to right: chairman mao zedong; armed forces minister marshal n,a, bulganin; and stalin).

Soviet red army cossacks enjoying a little downtime by giving a traditional dance performance, february 1938.

Professor leonid kulik who, in 1938, led a scientific expedition into the siberian taiga to investigate the site of the tunguska meteorite, here, he's seen crossing the khushmo river on horse back 7km from where the meteorite fell in 1908.

The house in the village of kurejka (1939) in the turukhansk district of the krasnoyarsk territory, where joseph stalin lived during the years of his exile by the tsarist government 1913 - 1917.

Baron roman feodorovich ungern-sternberg, white russian commander of anti-bolshevik forces in mongolia and lake baikal region, 1886-1921, captured in irkutsk and executed by the bolsheviks, the mad baron, the bloody baron, russian civil war.

World war 2, a soviet officer surrounded by the inhabitants of liberated lvov, ukraine, 1944.

Vladimir mayakovsky (1893-1930), soviet poet, playwright and propagandist, 1924 photo by a, rodchenko.

Ekaterina dzhugashvili, joseph stalin's mother.

Ekaterina dzhugashvili, joseph stalin's mother.

St, isaac's cathedral in leningrad, july 1931.

Oil fields of baku, azerbaijan ssr, 1920s.

The church of christ the savior in moscow, 1920s.

Berlin, east germany, gdr, 1979, the new palace hotel with restaurant and shopping complex nears completion.

A soviet cosmonaut undergoing training for weightlessness, 1960s.

Northern fleet, hero of the soviet union, commander i, fisanovich stands by the gun watching 'baby' being moored.

Marshal mikhail n, tukhachevsky, assistant people's commissar for defense of the ussr, 1933.

L, kaganovich oil fields in baku, azerbaijan ssr, late 1930s.

Joseph stalin getting out of his car (an american 1937 v-12 packard), late 1940s.

Street scene with moscow hotel on the right, moscow, 1930s.

Panorama (1 of 3) of the l, kaganovich oil fields in baku, azerbaijan ssr, 1930s.

Panorama (2 of 3) of the l, kaganovich oil fields in baku, azerbaijan ssr, 1930s.

Panorama (3 of 3) of the l, kaganovich oil fields in baku, azerbaijan ssr, 1930s.

People's comissariat of home trade of ussr on kirov street in moscow, october 1935.

Cheap meals being distributed among moscow workers in the early 1920s.

Russian theater, dance, and art impresario, sergei diaghilev in the 1920s.

A news vendor in moscow, 1935.

A woman trying on shoes in the footware department of a moscow department store, december 1947.

Corner of 25th october prospect (nevsky prospect) and july 3rd street (sadovaya street) in leningrad, early 1930s.