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A photograph showing a Red Army advance of infantry and tanks at the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45).

A September 1941 photograph of Red Army soldiers in the defensive trenches built during the Siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR launched by the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945...

A red-figure volute krater. 330 BCE, Tarentum. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

Red-figure vase depicting a bride being prepared for her wedding. Part the Adrano Group, 330-320 BCE. Sicily, Italy. Collection of the Pushkin Museum. (Image has been digitally altered for clarity)

A photograph of a group of Red Guards militia outside their factory during the Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917. Vulcan factory, Petrograd.

A February 1942 photograph showing Red Army T34 tanks being taken to the front during the Second World War (1939-45). (RIA Novosti Archive)

A photograph of Red Army soldiers at Stalingrad laughing as they are shown ersatz German equipment by a fellow comrade, 1943. Imperial War Museums, London.

Cao Cao (d. 220 CE), the Chinese warlord, recites a poem prior to the Battle of Red Cliffs. (Summer Palace Beijing)

Attic red-figure cup (kylix) depicting an athlete ready to throw the javelin, from Vulci (Italy), around 440/430 BCE. (Altes Museum, Berlin).

Close-up of a red-figure vase painting depicting a music lesson. In this section, two men play music while a boy and cat (alternately identified as a young panther) sit on the side. Attributed to "The Agrigento Painter". Produced in Attica...