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Soviet Collectivisation Propaganda Poster
A Soviet propaganda poster extolling rural modernisation in Stalin's collectivisation of agriculture, c. 1930. The top title reads: "On the Path to Collectivisation." State Archive of the Russian Federation...
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Requisitioning Hidden Grain, Ukraine
Requisitioning hidden grain in Ukraine, photograph by Max Alpert, 1 November 1930. This photograph captures grain being dug up and requisitioned by Soviet authorities in Ukraine. During Stalin's collectivisation...
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The United States Constitution, 1787
The United States Constitution, drafted in Philadelphia in 1787, established the legal and political framework of the American republic, replacing the Articles of Confederation (1781). Ratified in 1788 and implemented...
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Map of the Trade in the Indian Ocean 15th–16th Centuries - Monsoon Routes, Spice Trade, and European Expansion
Indian Ocean trade in the 15th and 16th centuries connected East Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and China through an extensive maritime...
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12 Royal Princes Who Never Reached the Throne - From Germanicus to the Black Prince & Franz Ferdinand
Royal heirs and princes expected to succeed to a throne occupied an unusually precarious position: close enough to power to govern, command armies, or shape policy...
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Confederate Bombardment Prior to Pickett's Charge - Gettysburg, 3 July 1863
Battle of Gettysburg, print by L. Prang & Co. after Thure de Thulstrup, 1887. Depicted here is the Confederate bombardment of the Union Army, prior to Pickett's Charge at the Battle...
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Soviet Propaganda Poster for the Five-Year Plan
Soviet propaganda poster for Joseph Stalin's Five-Year Plan, illustration by Yakov Guminer, 1931. The poster urges workers that if they add their enthusiasm then the plan can be achieved in just four...
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Soviet Collective Farm, Armenia
A former Soviet collective farm (kolkhoz) in Armenia, photograph by Moreau.henri, 19 November 2010. Private farms were first collectivised into state-owned enterprises during Joseph Stalin's Five-Year Plans through...
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Magnitogorsk Steelworks, 1930s
A photograph of the giant Soviet iron and steelworks city of Magnitogorsk, Russia, built as part of Joseph Stalin's Five-Year Plans project, c. 1930s.
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Soviet Propaganda Poster Against Kulaks
A Soviet propaganda poster demonizing kulaks, illustration by Viktor Deni, 1919. In this poster, kulaks, better-off landowning peasants, are accused of hoarding bread. The caption reads: "Bread-Spider. Bloodsucking...
