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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.
Quality images logo.svg Credit: A.Savin

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
Credit: DENker

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
Credit: Steve/Ruth Bosman

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
Credit: NASA

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.
Credit: PetarM

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
Credit: Bundesarchiv

Lenin's Mausoleum in 1925.

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

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

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Two statues of people.
Credit: Deutsche Fotothek

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

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Three people sitting in chairs.
Credit: Unknown photographer

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

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[[File:{{{image}}}|center|300px|A picture of a person with a red flag and a gun, with tanks in the background.|alt=A picture of a person with a red flag and a gun, with tanks in the background.]]
Credit: Soviet government

Soviet propaganda was used in World War II. The text reads "(We fight) For the Motherland, for Stalin!"

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Vladimir Lenin
Credit: L. Léonidov

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.
Credit: jgaray

The Soviet 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.
Credit: WSOY kuva-arkisto

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

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An elder man with a number of decorations on his suit.
Credit: Soviet government

Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982.

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A person
Credit: Communism in Romania

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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A man sitting at a desk with a tag with Russian text on it.
Credit: ITAR-TASS

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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Tanks in a street.
Credit: Almog

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

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