USSR

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  In 1946, soviet children gifted a carved great seal replica to the us ambassador, unknowingly hiding a listening device called ‘the thing.’ It was found in 1952 during a counter-surveillance sweep.

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  ‘Long live victory!’, soviet kazakh poster, 1945

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  “Drug addiction”, soviet poster, 1987

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  “Soviet Threat”, soviet poster, 1980

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  Mummified skull of one of the Polish officers murdered by the soviets. Damage to the skull could be inflicted by the impact of a pistol bullet. Katyn, Poland, 1943.

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  Argentine military on a Soviet BELAZ dump truck captured from the British during the 1982 war for the Falkland Islands

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  ‘Come on, shtop pushin!’ — American postcard from the Second World War (1943) showing Stalin pushing Hitler down the toilet.

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  “Whoever Comes to our Land with a Sword will get Destroyed by a Sword!” – Armenian Soviet poster c. 1943

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  This is the last known picture of Gauleiter Karl Hanke. This was taken on May 3, 1945, few days before the surrender of Fortress Breslau to the Soviets, when Hanke addressed his staff standing on a supply crate, urging them to continue the fighting. Note that he is no longer wearing a Nazi uniform.

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  German soldiers wait in their trenches before an attack, Soviet Union, 1941-43

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  Soviet weaponry depicted on a carpet woven by Afghan refugees (1980s)

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  «Drunken father is the family’s grief! He destroys himself, his work, his family. In alcoholism he drowned his mind and honor!» Soviet anti-alcohol poster, 1955

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  A Soviet POW found hiding three years after the end of WWII

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  America // Soviet Union // 1980s

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  “Kill him! He murdered your loved ones, burned your house, plundered your property!” USSR 1942

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  “Daddy, kill the German,” USSR 1942

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  Giant Lenin installation for the October Revolution Day celebration in Moscow, mid 1980-s

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  American presidential elections // Soviet Union // 1968

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  Soviet anti-yoga poster // Soviet Union // 1980s

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  “- For merit in Songmi (My Lai)” Soviet Union, 1960s

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