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Lenin's Monument (completed in 1970) in Alūksne, Latvia, 2000s

A fan gives flowers to American singer Dean Reed during a concert in the Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure as part of the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, 1985. USSR, Moscow. Photo by Anatoly Morkovkin

Residents of Khair Khāna visiting Soviet tank crews. Afghanistan, 1980. Photo by Georgy Nadezhdin

English author Alan Moore, the creator of Watchmen and V For Vendetta, outside his house, 1987

Churchill celebrates his 69th birthday with Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, at the Victorian Drawing Room of the British Legation in Tehran, Iran, 30 Nov 1943

The first portrait of Stalin by Nikolay Andreev, dated April 1, 1922. The inscriptions on the portrait are by Stalin himself. "This ear says that the artist is not well schooled in anatomy. J. Stalin" and "The ear screams and shouts against anatomy. J. S."

"Lenin at the subbotnik", painting by A. M. Soloviev, 1923

Joseph Stalin passed away on March 5, 1953. His leadership and impact on the Soviet Union continue to be remembered.

Flight attendant Tatyana Vinogradova in the Sheremetyevo-1 airport terminal building, 1971. Photo by Boris Ushmaikin

"Come on, Vasya! Enough! Time to work – your wife needs help too!", soviet poster, 1980