Portal:Soviet Union/Selected picture

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360° Panoramic view of the Red Square in Moscow. The photograph was made early in the morning by a nearly empty square.

Red Square (Russian: Красная площадь, Krásnaya plóshchad’) is a city square in Moscow. During the Soviet era, Red Square maintained its significance, becoming a focal point for the new state. Besides being the official address of the Soviet government, it was renowned as a showcase for military parades.

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A medal with half of Lenin's face on it, and a hammer and sickle at the bottom with a laurel wreath

The Order of Lenin was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union, named after Vladimir Lenin, leader of the October Revolution.

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The Moscow Kremlin

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the letters "CCCP" and the Soviet coat of arms on the Moscow Kremlin were replaced by two-headed eagles.

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A shiny ball with four sticks

The Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 (replica pictured) was the first artificial satellite to be put into the Earth's orbit, an event that began the Space Race.

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An object resembling a dish on an object resembling a bowl with wheels.

The Lunokhod programme (Lunokhod 1 replica pictured) launched the first remote-controlled rovers that successfully landed on celestial bodies.

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A line of people going into a building

Lenin's Mausoleum in 1925.

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[[File:|center|300px|A stone head|alt=A stone head]]

The gravestone of Joseph Stalin at the Moscow Kremlin Wall Necropolis.

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Two statues of people.

Statues of Joseph Stalin often portrayed him as a person very close to Vladimir Lenin.

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Three people sitting in chairs.

Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference with Clement Attlee and Harry Truman.

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Tanks in a street.

T-80 tanks in the Red Square during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.

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Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin was the first leader of the Soviet Union.

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A sword over a shield, and a ribbon with Russian text on it. There is a red star with a hammer and sickle on the center of the sword.

The KGB was an essential part of the Soviet Union's internal security and intelligence.

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Two men sign papers at opposite sides of a table in a small office.

Ivan Maisky signs the Soviet–Finnish Non-Aggression Pact on 21 January 1932.

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A man sitting at a desk with a tag with Russian text on it.

Originally a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin became Mikhail Gorbachev's political enemy, and later, the first President of the Russian Federation.

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Portrait of Konstantin Chernenko

Konstantin Chernenko was the leader of the Soviet Union with the shortest reign of only thirteen months, from February 1984 to March 1985.

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