Soviet Union Collection (page 2)

Russia; St. Petersburg; Prince Sigfried dancing with the Swan in the performance of Tchaikovsky s
Russia; St. Petersburg; Prince Sigfried dancing with the Swan in the performance of Tchaikovskys Swan Lake

The red army forces the crossing of the Vistula (Poland), 1944 (oil on canvas)
FIA5359074 The red army forces the crossing of the Vistula (Poland), 1944 (oil on canvas) by Russian School (20th century); State Central Artillery Museum, St

Lenin declaring soviet power by v, serov, original version

Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer, poet, and actor, 1979. Vysotsky (1938-1980), in the television mini-series The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed

Yuri Gagarin driving through London, UK
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, driving through London, UK, in an open-top car. Gagarin made the first manned space flight on 12 April 1961

Wolf Messing, German psychic
Wolf Grigorevich Messing (1899-1974), German psychic. Messing, born to a Jewish family in Germany, fled to the USSR before World War II

Alexander Yakovlev, aircraft designer
Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906-1989), Soviet aircraft designer, in military uniform and holding an aircraft model. In 1932, Yakovlev founded what became the the Yakovlev design bureau

Nikolay Urvantsev, Soviet geologist
Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (1893-1985), Soviet geologist, speaking in public at his 80th birthday celebration. Urvantsev is best known for his exploration of northern Siberia and the Arctic

Vostok rocket, Moscow, Russia
Vostok (Russian осток, translated as "East") was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM designed for the humanspaceflight programme but later used for other sputnik

Woman with a Rake, 1928-1932. Artist: Kazimir Malevich
Woman with a Rake, 1928-1932. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachaturian, Russian composers, 1945. Prokofiev (1891-1953), Shostakovich (1906-1975) and Khachaturian (1903-1978)

A girl: metro-builder 1937 painting by a, samokhvalov (1894 - 1971), socialist realism

Soviet composer dmitri shostakovich, early 1940s

Lyudmila pavlichenko, famous 26 year old russian guerrilla sniper who has killed 309 germans, for which she was made a senior lieutenant and given the order of lenin, a former historian

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

Lev vygotsky, 1896 - 1934, the psychologist whos cultural / historical theory which formed the basis for the school of thought in soviet psychology

Soviet propaganda banner with likenesses of lenin, engels, and marx in leningrad, ussr, 1960s, the banner reads forward to the victory of communism!

Spacecraft model, Soviet exhibition, 1927
Spacecraft model from a Soviet exhibition held in 1927. This interplanetary spacecraft model was built by the Baltic German Soviet rocket engineer Friedrich Zander (18871933)

Igor Golovin, Soviet nuclear physicist
Igor Nikolaevich Golovin (1913-1997), Soviet nuclear physicist. Golovin worked on the Soviet atomic bomb program, and then later did pioneering work on nuclear fusion

Russia, St Petersburg, Politseysky Bridge. Lamp post on the Politseysky Bridge across the Fontanka river. Russia, St Petersburg, Politseysky Bridge

Under the Banner of Lenin, 1933 (poster)
3507807 Under the Banner of Lenin, 1933 (poster) by Klogis, Gustav (1895-1938); (add.info.: Under the Banner of Lenin Soviet Russian propaganda poster, by Gustav Klogis, (1895-1938)

Mass Demonstration in Moscow in 1917, 1917 (oil on canvas)
BAL174030 Mass Demonstration in Moscow in 1917, 1917 (oil on canvas) by Meshkov, Wassily (1867-1946); 55x55 cm; Art Museum of Ryasan

Classroom of a Soviet school, Moscow, 1946 (b / w photo)
7200757 Classroom of a Soviet school, Moscow, 1946 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Classroom in School no 70, Sverdlov District, Moscow, USSR)

Soviet leader Vladmir Lenin in Gorki, early 1920s (colour litho)
5232135 Soviet leader Vladmir Lenin in Gorki, early 1920s (colour litho) by Brodsky, Isaak Israilevich (1883-1939) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Soviet leader Vladmir Lenin in Gorki)

You are not yet a member of the cooperative - sign up immediately!, 1927-1928. Private Collection

Anonymous Poster Designer Poor folk! A clenched fist is threatening the workers - Rise up and fight it! 1918 (?) colour lithograph

Marshal of the soviet union, konstantin rokossovsky, on his way to red square from the kremlin for the victory day parade, moscow, 1945

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

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

The storming of the winter palace in st, petersburg during the great october revolution 1917

Woman holding a small television
Portable television. Woman holding a production model of the VideoPocket portable television set, manufactured by the Khmelnitsky Production Association of Ukraine in 1988

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

Soviet Caspian Sea oil fields, 1978
Soviet Caspian Sea oil fields. Road bridge connecting oil wells in the Serebrovsky offshore oil field, in the Caspian Sea, near Baku, Azerbaijan, in June 1978

Soyuz 11 crew before launch, 1971
Soyuz 11 crew before launch. Soviet cosmonauts (left to right) Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev and Vladislav Volkov at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Soviet Katyusha rocket launchers, 1943
Soviet Katyusha rocket launchers, being reloaded by Red Army soldiers in September 1943, during World War II. At this stage in the war

Yuri Gagarin as a student, 1953
Yuri Gagarin as a student. Students at the Saratov Industrial Polytechnic, Saratov, USSR, in 1953. At centre is Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), who later became famous as the first man in space

Artem Mikoyan, Soviet aircraft designer
Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (1905-1970), Soviet aircraft designer. Mikoyan, of Armenian descent, was a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Ivan Vinogradov, Soviet mathematician
Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov (1891-1983), Soviet mathematician. Vinogradov was one of the founders of modern analytic number theory

Sergei Korolev, 1961
Sergei Korolev (1907-1966), pioneering Soviet rocket scientist, during the launch of Vostok 1, the first manned space mission, in April 1961

Kurchatov and colleagues, Leningrad, 1925
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (1903-1960, right), Soviet nuclear physicist, talking to colleagues at the Leningrad Physical-Technical Institute, Leningrad, Russia

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, Soviet engineer

Tupolev and Chelomei, Moscow, 1980
Alexei Andreyevich Tupolev (1925-2001, left), Soviet aircraft designer, and Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomei (1914-1984, right), Soviet rocket engineer

Moons surface, Zond 3 image
Moons surface. Photocopy of an image taken by the Soviet lunar probe Zond 3, on 1st September 1966, showing the cratered surface of the far side of the Moon

Lenins arrival in St Petersburg, Russia, 1917 (litho)
5231613 Lenins arrival in St Petersburg, Russia, 1917 (litho) by Moravov, Alexander Viktorovich (1878-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lenins arrival in St Petersburg, Russia, 1917)

Leo Tolstoy (litho) (sepia photo)
STC393686 Leo Tolstoy (litho) (sepia photo) by Ge (Gay), Nikolai Nikolaevich (1831-94); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian author; ); The Stapleton Collection; Russian

The priests conveyed to judgment, 1922. Private Collection

A bulletin board with flyers for various cultural and sports events, moscow, ussr, 1977

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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.