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Russian Football MatchStylised painting of an early 1930s Russian Football match Date: 1931
State Bank of the USSR, 1939Registering the deposits of Soviet workers in the State Bank of the U.S.S.R in 1939. On the right, depositors can be seen at a counter waiting their turn while men
Imam Shamil (possibly someone dressed up to represent him as he died in 1871) - Political and religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus
Escape from Harbin - July 1900 - Boxer RebellionIn 1900, Chinas anti-foreigner Boxer Rebellion broke out and spread to Manchuria. The Russian Military moved in to quell the uprising
Russian Cavalry in Red Square, 1939Following the Cossack tradition of the days of Czarist Russia, the USSR army in 1939 still maintained a strong cavalry arm. This regiment, lined up in Red Square, Moscow is smartly turned out
Serbian detachment, Nadvoitsa, Murmansk, RussiaA Serbian detachment standing to attention on the railway siding at Nadvoitsa (Nadvoitsy), Murmansk, during the Russian Civil War. Date: 1919
American sailors in Vladivostok, RussiaThe arrival of American sailors from the USS Albany in Vladivostok, Russia, as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Date: circa 1919
General Anton Denikin of the Imperial Russian ArmyGeneral Anton Ivanovich Denikin (1872-1947), who served in the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War and in the Russian Civil War. Date: circa 1918
Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, Russian naval commanderAdmiral Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander during the First World War, polar explorer, and leader of the anti-communist White forces during the Russian Civil War
LIONEL BUSTER CRABB Commander Crabb, underwater sabotage agent and alleged double-agent, who disappeared whilst investigating the Russian cruiser Ordkhonikidze Date: 1910 - 1956
Vassilka, pet dog of Queen Mary of TeckVassilka, favourite Russian borzoi of Mary, wife of George V, poses with her keeper at the kennels at Sandringham, Norfolk. Date: circa 1930
Conference table, Livadia Palace, Yalta, UkraineView of the conference table in the Livadia (Livadija) Palace, Yalta, Ukraine, where the historic February 1945 meeting took place between Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
Conference table and photos, Livadia Palace, Yalta, UkraineView of a conference table, and two photos on the walls, in the Livadia (Livadija) Palace, Yalta, Ukraine, where the historic February 1945 meeting took place between Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
Russian and Greek royal cousinsThe Tsesarevich Nicholas (Tsar Nicholas II) and Prince George of Greece amusing some of the younger members of the family party in about 1890
Fishermen on the River Volga at SamaraFishermen relaxing after a hard days work on the River Volga at Samara, Russia
Russian Commissar speaking at a meetingPeoples Commissar Voroshiloff speaking at a meeting on board the deck of a cruiser
Russian Refugee Camp at Mudros, Greece (Island of Lemnos), housing Russians driven out by the Bolsheviks following the 1917 revolution
Americans in RussiaAmerican troops are sent to Vladivostok to safeguard U.S. interests there : Americans will have a deep-seated terror of communism for decades to come
Vladimir BekhterevVLADIMIR MIKHAILOVICH BEKHTEREV Russian neurologist, wearing uniform reflecting his status in the Soviet medical hierarchy
The Czar of Russia as a shotPhotograph of Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) and the Tsarina Alexandra, shooting game. The photograph was taken by the official photographer to the Russian court
Tchaikovsky / Rimsky BookPYOTR ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY Russian composer
Russian Poster Ca 1917Revolutionary poster showing a raised arm holding a rifle against a backdrop of armed revolutionaries on the steps of a building
Tsushima (Schon - 5BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA STRAIT After their overwhelming defeat of the Russian navy, the Japanese tow away the Russian warships they have captured
Nevsky Prospekt 1917Government troops open fire on demonstrators in Nevsky Prospekt, Petrograd
Lenin Demonstration 1919VLADIMIR LENIN Russian statesman at the May Day demonstration in 1919
Molotov Cocktail FactoryFactory for the manufacture of the Molotov cocktail, a uniquely Russian disintegrating bomb
Mikhail BakuninMIKHAIL ALEKSANDROVICH BAKUNIN Russian anarchist and writer
Alexis / Russian RoyalALEXIS TSAREVICH OF RUSSIA Son of Nicolas II and Alexandra, heir apparent to the Russian throne, as a toddler
Tchaikovsky / RussianPYOTR ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY Russian composer
Orthodox PriestA Russian Orthodox priest, clutching the Bible in one hand, blesses the congregation with the other
Russian Balalaika PlayerA well-wrapped-up musician plays his balalaika amidst the snow
Igor StravinskyRussian musician, Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Mikhail KalininMIKHAIL IVANOVICH KALININ Russian statesman, cofounder of Pravda, held many senior posts in Soviet government
Nikolai ShvernikNIKOLAI SHVERNIK Russian statesman, trade union leader, realigned labour organisations to subordinate them to the Soviet state
Nikolai ZelinskyNIKOLAI ZELINSKY Russian scientist, invented the first carbon-filter gas mask, winner of many Soviet awards
Vyacheslav MolotovVYACHESLAV MIKHAYLOVICH MOLOTOV, Russian statesman whose revolutionary career began in the 1905 rising, and played a leading part in 1917, followed by senior posts
Nikolai GogolNIKOLAI VASILIEVICH GOGOL Russian writer, regarded as the father of realism in Russian literature : noted for Dead souls and The inspector general
Russian Jews in EnglandRussian refugees in the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter, Leman Street, in the East End of London
Tsushima (Schon - 2BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA STRAIT The Japanese Admiral Togo steams into action in his flagship Mikafa, inflicting an overwhelming defeat on the Russian fleet
Houdini in Handcuffsshowing his ability to escape from handcuffs, whether American, Russian or German
Anti-Communist CardDEIN LOS UNTER DEM SOVIET SYSTERN - your fate under the Soviet system - you and your family will be driven from your burning home to Siberia
Polish revolt against Russian dominationDuring the November Uprising, also known as the Cadet Revolution (1830-1831), Polish patriots attempt (unsuccessfully) to throw off Russian domination
Tatler cover - Tamara KarsavinaTamara Karsavina (1885 - 1978), Russian ballet dancer, who, in 1919, at the time of this photograph, had been performing with the Russian Ballet at the Alhambra Theatre in London. Date: 1919
European shoes, slippers and bootsEuropean shoes and boots: Russian boot 1, Russian womans sandal 2, Finnish womans sandal 3, Finnish womans slipper 4, Finnish bejeweled shoes 5, 6, Hungarian mans boot 7
The Russian ballet at the Alhambra, London, 1921 featuring a scene from Scheheraze with Mme D Albaicin, Pavlov and Singaienvski and a portrait of the Spanish dancer Mme D Albaicin Date: 1921
The Kissing Ceremony by Konstantin Yegorovich MakovskyThe Kissing Ceremony by Russian painter Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (1839-1915). Date: late 19th century
Entrance to the Moscow Metro, USSR. Date: 1986
Children on a sledge, Gorki Park, Moscow, USSR. Date: 1986
