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Russia Collection (#8)

Russia, a land of rich history and diverse achievements

Background imageRussia Collection: Domestic female Reindeer with newborn calf

Domestic female Reindeer with newborn calf (Rangifer tarandus). forest near river Taz; spring; North Tumen regon, Siberia, Russia

Background imageRussia Collection: Eagle Owl - with prey - forest glade of Ural Mountains

Eagle Owl - with prey - forest glade of Ural Mountains (Bubo bubo). Russia - winter snow

Background imageRussia Collection: Grand Hotel d Europe - Saint Petersburg, Russia

Grand Hotel d Europe - Saint Petersburg, Russia
View of the Grand Hotel d Europe on the corner of Rue Michel, St Petersburg, Russia. Date: 1903

Background imageRussia Collection: Russian Submarine

Russian Submarine at the pier in Saint Petersburg

Background imageRussia Collection: Map of Siberia 1895

Map of Siberia 1895
Map of Siberia

Background imageRussia Collection: Map of St. Petersburg 1895

Map of St. Petersburg 1895
Map of St. Petersburg, Russia

Background imageRussia Collection: Denmark Sweden Norway map 1867

Denmark Sweden Norway map 1867
Mitchellas Modern Atlas - Published by E.H. Butler and Co - Philadelphia 1867

Background imageRussia Collection: Space station from Russian Salyut series

Space station from Russian Salyut series

Background imageRussia Collection: Kiev Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, Europe

Kiev Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, Europe

Background imageRussia Collection: Palace of Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich, Kolomenskoye, Moscow

Palace of Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich, Kolomenskoye, Moscow
Castle made of wood with green roofs

Background imageRussia Collection: Svalbard. Mother and child Polar Bears

Svalbard. Mother and child Polar Bears

Background imageRussia Collection: IKOLAI I. LOBACHEVSKI (1793-1856). Russian mathematician. Contemporary lithograph

IKOLAI I. LOBACHEVSKI (1793-1856). Russian mathematician. Contemporary lithograph

Background imageRussia Collection: Moscow Kremlin and Moskva River Illuminated at Dusk, Russia

Moscow Kremlin and Moskva River Illuminated at Dusk, Russia
View of Moscow Kremlin and the Bolshoy Kamenny bridge over Moskva River illuminated at night, Moscow, Russia

Background imageRussia Collection: WW1 - King George V - his message to the Royal Navy

WW1 - King George V - his message to the Royal Navy - The Sure Shield. The shield in the bottom left-hand corner is the Royal Navy Kings Colours. Date: circa 1914

Background imageRussia Collection: Russian Villagers drinking tea

Russian Villagers drinking tea (poured from a samovar) as they listen to a young gent playing an accordion. Date: circa 1906

Background imageRussia Collection: Peter the Great, Equestrian Statue, St Petersburg

Peter the Great, Equestrian Statue, St Petersburg
View of the equestrian statue to Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) in St Petersburg, Russia. Known as the Bronze Horseman, it was installed in 1782

Background imageRussia Collection: Dead tree forest on the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia, Eurasia

Dead tree forest on the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia, Eurasia

Background imageRussia Collection: Soviet fur hats for sale in Peterhof (Petrodvorets), St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Soviet fur hats for sale in Peterhof (Petrodvorets), St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Background imageRussia Collection: Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, 1880-91

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, 1880-91. Oil on canvas. Ilya Repin (1844-1930) Russian artist

Background imageRussia Collection: Counting in Their Heads, 1895. Oil on canvas. Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky

Counting in Their Heads, 1895. Oil on canvas. Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky (1868-1945) Russian painter. Boys in a village school in a mental arithmetic lesson

Background imageRussia Collection: An 1875 copy of a painting of catherine the great on horseback by v, eriksen, 1762

An 1875 copy of a painting of catherine the great on horseback by v, eriksen, 1762

Background imageRussia Collection: Marshal georgy zhukov greeting foreign military attaches during the time of the victory parade in

Marshal georgy zhukov greeting foreign military attaches during the time of the victory parade in moscow, may 1945

Background imageRussia Collection: Arrest of a propagandist - painting by ilya repin

Arrest of a propagandist - painting by ilya repin

Background imageRussia Collection: Battle of stalingrad, soviet t-34 tanks attacking near stalingrad, september 1942

Battle of stalingrad, soviet t-34 tanks attacking near stalingrad, september 1942

Background imageRussia Collection: Nils and Aage Bohr in laboratory C016 / 8375

Nils and Aage Bohr in laboratory C016 / 8375
Physicists in a laboratory. Physicists Nils and Aage Bohr being shown an early video-microscope used to study nuclear tracks on photographic emulsions

Background imageRussia Collection: Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist C013 / 9158

Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist C013 / 9158
Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989). Historical portrait of Russian nuclear physicist Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (left) in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, Moscow, Russia

Background imageRussia Collection: Reindeer herd C013 / 4885

Reindeer herd C013 / 4885
Reindeer herd. Herd of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). Photographed in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Background imageRussia Collection: Kim Philby, Soviet double agent C013 / 5334

Kim Philby, Soviet double agent C013 / 5334
Kim Philby (1912-1988). Portrait of the Soviet double agent Harold Adrian Russell Kim Philby (centre) with his wife Rufina

Background imageRussia Collection: Asaphus (Neoasaphus) kowalewskii, stalk- eyed trilobite

Asaphus (Neoasaphus) kowalewskii, stalk- eyed trilobite
A complete 3-dimensional stalk-eyed trilobite measuring about 5 cms, discovered at Wolchow River, near St. Petersburgh, Russia. The specimen dates back to the Middle Ordovician period

Background imageRussia Collection: Jewish wedding chuppah, Grand Choral Synagogue, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Jewish wedding chuppah, Grand Choral Synagogue, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Background imageRussia Collection: Raphael (1483-1520). Madonna Conestabile. 1504

Raphael (1483-1520). Madonna Conestabile. 1504. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Tempera. RUSSIA. Saint Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum

Background imageRussia Collection: (1729-1796). Empress of Russia, 1762-1796. Painting of Catherine II in her coronation gown, c1762

(1729-1796). Empress of Russia, 1762-1796. Painting of Catherine II in her coronation gown, c1762
CATHERINE II OF RUSSIA (1729-1796). Empress of Russia, 1762-1796. Painting of Catherine II in her coronation gown, c1762

Background imageRussia Collection: Russia, Caucasus Mountains, Sochi Area, Krasnaya Polyana, Carousel Mountain, mountain landscape

Russia, Caucasus Mountains, Sochi Area, Krasnaya Polyana, Carousel Mountain, mountain landscape, summer

Background imageRussia Collection: Russia. Sergiev Posad. Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius

Russia. Sergiev Posad. Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius

Background imageRussia Collection: Europe, Russia

Europe, Russia
Russia, Golden Ring city of Yaroslavl. High quality traditional Russian lacquer egg & boxes

Background imageRussia Collection: Russian World War I war loan poster, 1916, depicting a woman factory worker

Russian World War I war loan poster, 1916, depicting a woman factory worker
WORLD WAR I: LOAN POSTER. Russian World War I war loan poster, 1916, depicting a woman factory worker

Background imageRussia Collection: RUSSIA: MAP, 1549. Engraved map of Russia from Sigismund Herbersteins Rerum Moscoviticarum

RUSSIA: MAP, 1549. Engraved map of Russia from Sigismund Herbersteins Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii printed at Basel, 1549

Background imageRussia Collection: Russian Football Match

Russian Football Match
Stylised painting of an early 1930s Russian Football match Date: 1931

Background imageRussia Collection: Richelieu Stair, Odessa, Russia, (i. e. Ukraine)

Richelieu Stair, Odessa, Russia, (i. e. Ukraine)
Richelieu Stair, Odessa, Russia, (i.e. Ukraine). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageRussia Collection: State Bank of the USSR, 1939

State Bank of the USSR, 1939
Registering the deposits of Soviet workers in the State Bank of the U.S.S.R in 1939. On the right, depositors can be seen at a counter waiting their turn while men

Background imageRussia Collection: Imam Shamil

Imam Shamil (possibly someone dressed up to represent him as he died in 1871) - Political and religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus

Background imageRussia Collection: Russian Cavalry in Red Square, 1939

Russian Cavalry in Red Square, 1939
Following the Cossack tradition of the days of Czarist Russia, the USSR army in 1939 still maintained a strong cavalry arm. This regiment, lined up in Red Square, Moscow is smartly turned out

Background imageRussia Collection: Elizabeth of Hesse and Duke Sergei Alexandrovich

Elizabeth of Hesse and Duke Sergei Alexandrovich
Engagement portraits of Princess Elizabeth of Hesse and the Rhine (later Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia - Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova - canonized as St)

Background imageRussia Collection: Serbian detachment, Nadvoitsa, Murmansk, Russia

Serbian detachment, Nadvoitsa, Murmansk, Russia
A Serbian detachment standing to attention on the railway siding at Nadvoitsa (Nadvoitsy), Murmansk, during the Russian Civil War. Date: 1919

Background imageRussia Collection: American sailors in Vladivostok, Russia

American sailors in Vladivostok, Russia
The arrival of American sailors from the USS Albany in Vladivostok, Russia, as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Date: circa 1919

Background imageRussia Collection: General Anton Denikin of the Imperial Russian Army

General Anton Denikin of the Imperial Russian Army
General Anton Ivanovich Denikin (1872-1947), who served in the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War and in the Russian Civil War. Date: circa 1918

Background imageRussia Collection: Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, Russian naval commander

Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, Russian naval commander
Admiral Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander during the First World War, polar explorer, and leader of the anti-communist White forces during the Russian Civil War




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Russia, a land of rich history and diverse achievements. From the brave Laika, the space dog who paved the way for human space exploration, to Leonov's breathtaking painting capturing a sunrise in space. The image of Red Army soldiers raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag in Berlin stands as a testament to their indomitable spirit during World War II. In 1869, Mendeleyev's periodic table revolutionized our understanding of chemistry and laid the foundation for scientific progress worldwide. Anton Chekhov, alongside Moscow Art Theatre group, brought Russian literature and theater to new heights with his timeless works. The strength and prowess were showcased by Aleksandr Karelin at the 1988 Seoul Olympics when he triumphantly won his first gold medal. Meanwhile, honey bees diligently buzzing on a honeycomb symbolize nature's harmony within this vast country. Dmitri Shostakovich composed masterpieces that stirred emotions deep within our souls while working tirelessly in his study back in 1938. Carl Sagan, an American astronomer inspired by Russia's vastness and mysteries of space. Even amidst icy landscapes like Champ Island glacier above the sea, we find polar bears gracefully roaming - symbols of resilience against adversity. Olga Korbut captivated hearts at the 1976 Montreal Olympics with her gymnastic prowess and grace. Lastly, a Soviet propaganda poster boldly proclaimed "We want Peace, " reflecting Russia's desire for global harmony despite political tensions. These glimpses into Russia's past remind us of its remarkable contributions across various fields – from science to sports; from art to exploration – shaping not only its own destiny but also leaving an indelible mark on humanity itself.