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

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.

Grigoriy konstantinovich ordzhonikidze (sergo ordzhonikidze), chairman of the supreme economic council of the ussr, 1920s.

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.

Nikolai alekseyevich voznesensky, vice-chairman of the council of ministers and chairman of the state planning committee of the ussr, march 1948.

Nikolai alekseyevich voznesensky, chairman of the state planning commission and vice-chairman of the council of people's commissars, january 1938.

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.

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, natalia dudinskaya, as bayadere at the leningrad theater of opera and ballet, 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.

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.

Walter ulbricht, first secretary of the socialist unity party (sed) central committee and gdr state council chairman, dancing with soviet cosmonaut valentina tereshkova during the 'cosmonaut ball' in honor of tereshkova and gagarin, berlin, gdr, october 19, 1963.

Acedemician trofim lysenko, who was elected vice-chairman of the soviet of the union during the first session of the supreme soviet of the ussr in 1938.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

An amateur folk chorus singing in manezh square in moscow on the occasion of j,v, stalin's 70th birthday, december 21, 1949, 'glory to the great stalin' written in lights behind them.

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

Lt, general viktor borisoglebsky, chairman of the military collegium of the supreme court of the ussr, he played a prominent role at the trial of u2 spy plane pilot francis gary powers, 1960.

Construction workers, 1928.

Barge workers, 1928.

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

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.

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

Vladimir mayakovsky, soviet poet, playwright and graphic artist (1894-1930) with some of his propaganda posters, this photo was taken two months before his death.

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

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

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

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).

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.

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.

Night by g, vinogradov, 1928.

Sergei mikhalkov, soviet poet and playwright, co-author with stalin of the soviet national anthem, 1950.

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

Private farmers discussing the decision of the communist party to grant preferential treatment to collective farmers, 1930.

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.

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.

Admiral arseni grigoryevich golovko, commander of the northern fleet, soviet navy, world war 2.

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

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.

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

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.

Sergei mikhalkov, soviet poet and playwright, co-author with stalin of the soviet national anthem, photo: 1946.

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.

The title page of the document folder with the 'barbarossa' plan, i,e, of the attack on the soviet union on june 22, 1941.

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

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

The entrance to the national hotel in moscow, february 1947, the moscow hotel is on the other side of the street.

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

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.

The arch of triumph on kutuzovskiy prospect in moscow, 1934.

The arrival of dimitry donskoi to meet with segei radonezhsky before the battle of kulikovo, 16th century.

President of yugoslavia josip broz tito during his closing address to the conference of the league of communists, belgrade, yugoslavia, january 1972.

Alexander kerensky, leader of the provisional government, in his office in the winter palace, petrograd, 1917.

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.

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.

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.

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

Mao tse-tung (zedong), chairman of the people's republic of china, speaking at the jubilee session of the ussr supreme soviet dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the october revolution, moscow, 1957.

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

Vladimir nemirovich-danchenko (1858-1943), actor, director, co-founder with stanislavsky of the moscow art theatre.

Vladimir nemirovich-danchenko (1858-1943), actor, director, co-founder with stanislavsky of the moscow art theatre.

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.

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.

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

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

Women factory workers, soviet union, 1930s.

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

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

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

Soviet premier, nikita khrushchev, showing photographs of objects found in the u2 spy plane that was shot down over soviet territory on may 1st, 1960, joint session of council of the union and council of nationalities, kremlin, moscow, may 7th, 1960.

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

Council of women's international democratic federation holds session in moscow, november 1949, eslanda robeson, vice-president of the american women's congress, addressing the session.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Vladimir mayakovsky (1893-1930), soviet poet, playwright and propagandist.

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 military commanders klement voroshilov (left) and semyon budonny (budenny) in 1919, they led the first cavalry army in the civil war period.

Council of women's international democratic federation holds session in moscow, november 1949, eslanda robeson, vice-president of the american women's congress, and people's artist of the uzbek republic temars khanum, during the intermission between sittings of the session.

Clothes and personal belongings of the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Mikhail Kalinin.

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

Alexei Ivanovich Rykov (1881 1938) Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician most prominent as Premier of Russia and the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1929 and 1924 to 1930 respectively

Major-general of artllery, dmitri vorobyov, people's assessor of the supreme court of the ussr, he played a prominent role at the trial of u2 spy plane pilot francis gary powers, 1960.

Joseph stalin and vyacheslav molotov at the opening celebrations of the moscow metro (subway) in 1935.

Croatian prisoners of war (members of croatian national guard) in manjaca concentration camp near banjaluka, serbia, 1991-1992, former yugoslavia.

People's assessor of the supreme court of the ussr, major-general alexander zakharov, he played a prominent role in trial of u2 spy plane pilot francis gary powers, ussr, 1960.

Komsomolskaya square, moscow, 1935, in the background: leningradsky (left) and yaroslavsky (right) rail terminals with a metro station between them, in the right foreground is a corner of the kazansky terminal.

Walter ulbricht, chairman of the gdr council of state and first secretary of the central committee of the socialist unity party of germany (sed),1961.

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.

Hero of the soviet union, lieutenant colonel fyodor kotanov of the red navy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Moscow, ussr may day 1941: walking to the may day celebrations in red square, left to right: v, molotov, soviet premier josef stalin, k, voroshilov, g, malenkov, l, beria (head of secret police).

Tsar ivan lli (ivan the great).

News reel of joseph stalin watching a may day parade in red square, moscow, 1949.

Boris pasternak (1890-1960), russian poet and novelist, author of 'doctor zhivago'.

A portrait of tsar nicholas ll with his son alexei wearing military uniforms in 1915.

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

Workers laying track for the 400-mile abakan-taishet railroad through the sayan mountains in siberia, 1960.

Workers laying track for the 400-mile abakan-taishet railroad through the sayan mountains in siberia, 1960.

Workers laying track for the 400-mile abakan-taishet railroad through the sayan mountains in siberia, 1960.

Zeljko raznjatovic, nicknamed arkan, leader of serbian volunteer force fighting croatian forces in krajina (kraina) region, 1993, yugoslavia.

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

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

Lev landau, scientist, participants at scientific conference on high energy particles, left to right: prof, jack steinberger, columbia university (usa); prof, l, riddiford (uk); lev landau of ussr, moscow, may 1956.

Chief of soviet internal security, levrenty beria, 1934 or 1935.

Coat of arms of the moscow government at the time of ivan lli (ivan the great).

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.

Bulganin's picnic party for foreign diplomats and journalists visiting moscow, us ambassador charles bohlen having a friendly chat with the chairman of the council of ministers of the ussr, n,a, bulganin while walking in the garden, moscow, august 1955.

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

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

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.

A news vendor in moscow, 1935.

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

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.

Baku oil fields, azerbaijan, end of the 19th century.

Yaroslav the wise, prince of kiev, 11th century.

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

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.

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.

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.

Workers studying diagrams indicating the output accomplished at the blast furnace shop of the magnitogorsk iron and steel works.

Behind the scenes at the grand opera and ballet theater of the ussr, ballet dancers at a rehearsal, january 1947.

Lenin's funeral, members of the politburo (joseph stalin, left front) carrying the casket into the crypt near the kremlin wall in red square, moscow, january 1924.

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

Lenin's funeral, members of the politburo carrying the casket into the crypt near the kremlin wall in red square, moscow, january 1924.

Alexander kerensky's last speech at the pre-parliament on november 6, 1917, the day before the break-out of the socialist revolution.

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

A view of gori, the town in georgia where joseph stalin was born, december 21, 1879.

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

Prince of kiev, yaroslav the wise, on his deathbed, 11th century.

Moscow residents lining up at a canteen of the moscow public catering committee in 1921.

A party meeting at the 'paris commune' plant in moscow during the campaign to cleanse the communist party of hostile elements, september 1933.

Comrade solovyov, the secretary of the communist party branch at the krasny putilovets plant, undergoing questioning duing the campaign to cleanse the cp of hostile elements, leningrad, 1933, the banner reads: 'a communist is obliged to be truthful and honest before the party'.

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.

Russian civil war, kalinin and s, budonny (budenny), commander of the first cavalry army, at the vrangel front in october 1920, with cavalry troops.

Tunguska meteorite, the valley of the churgima stream, 4km south of where the meteorite fell in 1908, the hills are covered with fallen and burnt trees and young growth, this picture was taken during professor leonid kulik's 1938 expedition to investigate the event.

Delegates to 11th young communist league (komsomol) congress at the kremlin palace of congresses, moscow, ussr, 1949.

Malnourished croatian and bosnian muslim prisoners of war in manjaca, the largest serbian concentration camp, serbia, 1992.

With the eyes of glasnost' sign reads: 'glasnost' cartoon from krokodil magazine p, kulichin and g, sochi.

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.

Top - a view of gori, the town in georgia where joseph stalin was born, december 21, 1879, bottom - the house in which stalin was born and spent his childhood, right - a group of gori school children, 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,i, mikoyan with walter ulbricht, first deputy prime minister of the gdr, during his visit to east germany in april 1958.

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

Afghan air force mikoyan-gurevich mig-15 fighters and ilyushin il-28 bombers at kabul, afghanistan, during the visit of the u,s, president dwight d, eisenhower, 9-14 december 1959.

Automobiles (1929 ford type) leaving the assembly line of the molotov auto plant in gorky, ussr, 1930s.

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).

Such was the inglorious end of the nazi campaign against the soviet union, shown here are columns of war prisoners marching despondently through the streets of moscow, 1945.

World war 2, soviet civilians, many of them women, restoring the foundry shop of the 2nd blast furnace of the petrovsky plant in dniepropetrovsk.

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

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

Military identification card (front and back) of francis gary powers, pilot of the u2 spy plane shot down over soviet territory in may, 1960.

Two women working on the metal covering of a wing of a soviet military plane during world war 2, september 1944.

Soviet health resorts, workers undergoing quartz and sun-ray treatment in the light therapy room of the skala sanatorium at kislovodsk, may 1951.

Soviet premier nikita khrushchev, gdr state council chairman walter ulbricht, and the minister council chairman of poland jozef cyrankiewicz being welcomed with flowers in the town hall of frankfurt prior to a great demonstration on july 3, 1963.

Commander of the baltic fleet, vice-admiral v,f, tributs at the hoisting of the flag on one of the soviet warships, may 1941.

Surface of the moon as seen from luna 16, 1970.

Walter ulbricht, state council chairman and first secretary of the central committee of the socialist unity party (sed), during his significant speech on the peace policy of the gdr on gdr television and radio on september 15, 1961.

Sergei mironovich kirov at the construction site of the stalin white sea - baltic canal, june 1932.

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.

Tunguska, tree top shorn off by the force of the blast from the tunguska meteorite that hit in the siberian taiga in 1908, picture is from 1938.

Bolshevik leader sergei mironovich kirov speaking at the 17th congress of the all-union communist party of bolsheviks in february 1934.

A drawing showing dimitri ivanovich mendeleev making a balloon flight in 1887 to study the upper strata of the atmosphere.

Unemployed day laborers in front of an employment agency in moscow in the 1890s.

Aleksandr nikolayevich shelepin, cpsu central committee secretary, head of the kgb from 1958-1961, he was one of four officials promoted to the rank of deputy premier by khrushchev in 1962.

The gorky machine tool works is functioning again in kiev, complex automatic multi-spindle machine tools are assembled in this shop of the gorky works, october 1947.

Grigoriy konstantinovich ordzhonikidze (sergo ordzhonikidze) when he was a student of the bolshevik party school in longjumeau, 1911.

Visitors examining the painting 'in the name of peace' by soviet artists v, vikhtinsky, b, zhukov, e, levin, l, chernov, and l, shmatkov at the exhibition of ukrainian fine arts in the tretyakov gallery in moscow, july 1951.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Parts of the emergency military survival kit found in u2 spy plane when pilot francis gary powers was shot down over soviet territory on may 1, 1960, ussr, put on display during his moscow trial, august 1960.

Russia 1917: session of the workers' and soldiers' deputies council in the state duma building.

Pilot soviet-made semi-automatic textile machines are being assembled at the karl marx factory, leningrad, soviet union, 1924.

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

Soviet sailors paying their respects at the monument to russian soldiers killed during the defense of the russian fortress at port arthur in 1904 during the russo-japanese war, the picture was taken in 1945, just following the japanese surrender of port arthur.

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.

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.

Nikita khrushchev, chairman of the ussr council of ministers, making an appearance on american television during his visit to the united states at the invitation of president eisenhower in september 1959.