Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union, 1991

Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (VDNKh), Moscow, 1984

"Rest After Battle", painting by Yuri Neprintsev (1951)

Soviet pole vaulter Sergey Bubka with his wife and two sons. USSR, 1988

Soviet toy truck, 1980s

"The forces of peace are invincible!" – Soviet Estonian poster, 1950

"Partisans at a reception with I.V. Stalin", painting by F.A. Modorov, 1940s

Lev Davidovich Bronstein (later known as Leon Trotsky) in 1888

Glassblower (Factory "Lights in Dagestan"), painting by Ivan Drozdov, 1926

"Bathing the Horses”, painting by Arkady Plastov (1938)

Dwelling houses and projecting institutes at L. I. Brezhnev Square in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, 1983–1984

At the "Malaya Zemlya" monument in Novorossiysk, USSR, 1982

"We are always with you, dear Afghan friends!" banner on a Soviet tank. Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, 1980s

Triplet sisters Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov Kopilova, first-graders. USSR, 1960. Photo by O. Knorring and R. Likhach

"City of the Future", painting by Alexander Labas (1935)

Group of officers and soldiers of the 7th Guards Motorized Rifle Division who captured Field Marshal Paulus with his staff, 1943

Morning oxygen treatment in a sanitorium near Riga, Latvian SSR, 1981 (photo by Peter Marlow)

Space dog Strelka and her puppies (1961)

Mukimiy Uzbek State Music Theater in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, 1959 (photo by Harrison Forman)

"I serve the Soviet Union!", Soviet belarusian poster, 1989