Soviet Union Collection (#64)

German civilians fleeing berlin under the red army attack, world war 2, city in ruins, 1945

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

world war ll, red army soldiers and soviet t-34 tanks on the attack during the battle of kursk, july 1943

Russian royal family: emperor nicholas ll, empress alexandra fyodorovna, grand duchesses (from left) maria, tatyana, olga, anastasia and crown prince alexei, 1913 or 1914

Collective farmers of the odessa region riding to the state elevators with a load of newly harvested grain, ussr, august 1947

Crowds outside the american embassy during victory day celebrations in moscow, ussr, may, 1945, end of world war 2 in europe

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

Soviet composer, dmitri shostakovich at his piano

World war 2, a young woman partisan milking a cow seized from the germans behind enemy lines so that wounded members of the group can have fresh milk, october 1943

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

Soviet guerrillas man made an anti-aircraft gun made from an anti-tank rifle mounted on a wheel

World war 2, battle of stalingrad, major general guriev, commander of the division, addresses the first reinforcements who arrived at stalingrad over the frozen volga river

The moscow river and countryside seen from the palace terrace of the arkhangelskoye estate in the moscow region of the ussr, 1949

Red banner baltic fleet, soviet battleship marat (built in 1911) at anchor near kronstadt, july 1939

World war 2, soviet tank crew consulting a map in ukraine

Constituent assembly a soviet political poster by v, deni, 1921

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

Portrait of ivan pavlov in the 1920s

A team of civilian women packers putting grease onto artillery shells at a munitions factory during world war 2

Assistant prosecutor, g, k, roginski, metro-vickers show trials, april 12 - 19, 1933

N-1 lunar launch rocket, 1969

Lenin speaking in red square at the unveiling of the temporary memorial to stepan razin, may 1, 1919

Cosmonaut valentina tereshkova outside of the vostok 6 space capsule after landing, june 1963

Ivan pavlov (second from right) in his laboratory, operating on one of his dogs

World war 2, soviet t-34 tanks (model 42) built in the urals

A pre-revolutionary building in moscow, 1989

Trofim lysenko, the president of the lenin academy of agricultural sciences, measuring the growth of wheat on one of the kolkhoz fields near odessa, ukrainian ssr, 1930s

Leo tolstoy with his wife sofia tolstoya, yasnaya polyana, 1907

The delegation from the chinese peoples republic, headed by mao zedong, arriving at vnukovo airport in moscow and being greeted by nikita khrushchev, november 2, 1957

The house in which joseph stalin was born and spent his childhood in gori, georgia

The men of the boiko tank unit receiving new js-122 (joseph stalin 122) heavy tanks, 1942

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

World war 2, russian partisan scouts in the leningrad region

Red army troops dislodge germans from the village n on the western front, soviet t-34 tanks and red army infantry advancing on german positions during winter fighting on the western front

Men loading dismantled factory machinery onto railroad cars for evacuation to the urals, 1941

Il-2 sturmovik attack aircraft being built at a factory in the ussr during world war ll

Luna 21 mission, the crew of the soviet remote-controlled lunar rover, lunokhod 2 working the controls at the distant space communications center, january 1973

Leonid brezhnev speaking at a meeting in the kremlin palace in honor of all those who participated in the success of the soyuz 6, soyuz 7, and soyuz 8 space missions, october 22, 1969

German plane being shot down by soviet planes during a dogfight in march 1942

The storming of the winter palace in petrograd in october, 1917 - a drawing by v, shcheglov

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

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

An early post-revolution classroom where adults are being taught to read, write, and do arithmatic, 1920s

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

Yuri gagarin and other soviet cosmonauts examining the first pictures of the moon taken by the luna 1 space probe (lunik) in 1961

A heroic presnya in 1905 a painting by yevgeni deshalyt depicting the 1905 revolt, museum of the revolution, moscow

Baltic fleet, a detachment landing from boats in the leningrad area, making a commando type raid, (1940s or 1950sja)

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

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"The Soviet Union: A Tapestry of History, Culture, and Achievements" Step into the fascinating world of the Soviet Union through these captivating hints. From Laika, the brave space dog who paved the way for human exploration beyond Earth's atmosphere, to Dmitri Shostakovich, a renowned Soviet composer immersed in his study during 1938. Even across borders, great minds like Carl Sagan recognized the contributions of this vast nation. Olga Korbut's graceful performance at the 1976 Montreal Olympics showcased Soviet excellence in sports. Propaganda played a significant role in shaping society; Boris Parmeev's iconic poster "Under The Sun of The Motherland We Strengthen" from the 1970s exemplifies this sentiment. Influential figures such as Vladimir Ilich Lenin left an indelible mark on history. Captured within Moscow's Kremlin walls in October 1918, Lenin was a Russian Bolshevik leader whose ideas shaped an era. Sergei V. Rachmaninov expressed his genius through music; here he is seen intently examining a manuscript at his piano during the late 1920s. Yuri Gagarin became humanity's first cosmonaut when he embarked on an extraordinary journey beyond our planet’s boundaries. His achievement symbolized Soviet dominance in space exploration. Artistic expressions also flourished under Soviet rule; Vera Mukhina's sculpture "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" stands tall as a testament to resilience and unity amidst industrial progress (b/w photo). Aleksandr Gerasimov captured Lenin’s essence with striking portraits that reflect both power and determination - one from around c1930 and another from 1939. Delve into Russia's rich past with an antique map showcasing its vast territory - reminding us of its historical significance and cultural diversity.