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![Vasily Malyshev<br>Marshal Semyon Budyonny in a military parade in Moscow on 7th November 1947<br>Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny, spelled Budennii, Budenny, Budyenny etc, Russian April 25 [O.S. April 13] 1883 - October 26, 1973) was a Soviet military commander and an ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto](images/thumbs/1044615.jpg "Vasily Malyshev<br>Marshal Semyon Budyonny in a military parade in Moscow on 7th November 1947<br>Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny, spelled Budennii, Budenny, Budyenny etc, Russian April 25 [O.S. April 13] 1883 - October 26, 1973) was a Soviet military commander and an ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto")
![Ivan Shagin<br>The Soviet Dynamo soccer team in London, 1946.<br>Dinamo, also Dynamo,was the oldest sports and physical training society of the Soviet Union, created in 1923. The name given to the society was supposed to mean "Power in Motion" from Greek: dynamis -power, and Latin: motio, -motion.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto](images/thumbs/1044612.jpg "Ivan Shagin<br>The Soviet Dynamo soccer team in London, 1946.<br>Dinamo, also Dynamo,was the oldest sports and physical training society of the Soviet Union, created in 1923. The name given to the society was supposed to mean "Power in Motion\" from Greek: dynamis -power, and Latin: motio, -motion.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto")
![Anatoly Gornshtein<br>Vera Pashennaya and Igor Ilyinsky in Alexander Ostrovsky's "A Profitable Position", Maly Theatre, Moscow, 1949.<br>Vera Pashennaya (c.1887-1962)<br>Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky (1901-1987) was the favorite comic actor of Vsevolod Meyerhold who starred in a number of his world-famous productions. Following Meyerhold's repression he moved to the Malyi Theatre, where he worked for several decades, until being overpowered by blindness. Shortly before his death, he was declared a Hero of Socialist Labour. His autobiography was published in 1961.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto<br>](images/thumbs/1044608.jpg "Anatoly Gornshtein<br>Vera Pashennaya and Igor Ilyinsky in Alexander Ostrovsky's "A Profitable Position\", Maly Theatre, Moscow, 1949.<br>Vera Pashennaya (c.1887-1962)<br>Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky (1901-1987) was the favorite comic actor of Vsevolod Meyerhold who starred in a number of his world-famous productions. Following Meyerhold's repression he moved to the Malyi Theatre, where he worked for several decades, until being overpowered by blindness. Shortly before his death, he was declared a Hero of Socialist Labour. His autobiography was published in 1961.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto<br>")
![Sculptor Sergei Konenkov, 1947<br>RIA Novosti archive<br>Sergey Timofeyevich Konenkov (July 10, 1874 - December 9, 1971) was a famous Russian and Soviet sculptor. He was often called "the Russian Rodin".<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto](images/thumbs/1044609.jpg "Sculptor Sergei Konenkov, 1947<br>RIA Novosti archive<br>Sergey Timofeyevich Konenkov (July 10, 1874 - December 9, 1971) was a famous Russian and Soviet sculptor. He was often called "the Russian Rodin\".<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto")
![Dmitry Chernov<br>Joseph Stalin's funeral in Red Square, Moscow, 1953.<br>Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] - March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until 1953. Despite his formal position being originally without significant influence, and his office being nominally but one of several Central Committee Secretariats, Stalin's increasing control of the Party from 1928 onwards led to him becoming the de facto party leader and the dictator of his country.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto](images/thumbs/1044599.jpg "Dmitry Chernov<br>Joseph Stalin's funeral in Red Square, Moscow, 1953.<br>Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] - March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until 1953. Despite his formal position being originally without significant influence, and his office being nominally but one of several Central Committee Secretariats, Stalin's increasing control of the Party from 1928 onwards led to him becoming the de facto party leader and the dictator of his country.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto")
![Nikita Khrushchev addressing a public rally as a new Moscow Metro line is commissioned, Moscow, 1952.<br>Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev - surname more accurately romanized as Khrushchyov; April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1894 - September 11, 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. He was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. He was removed from power by his party colleagues in 1964 and replaced by Leonid Brezhnev. He spent the last seven years of his life under the close supervision of the KGB.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto](images/thumbs/1044600.jpg "Nikita Khrushchev addressing a public rally as a new Moscow Metro line is commissioned, Moscow, 1952.<br>Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev - surname more accurately romanized as Khrushchyov; April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1894 - September 11, 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. He was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. He was removed from power by his party colleagues in 1964 and replaced by Leonid Brezhnev. He spent the last seven years of his life under the close supervision of the KGB.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto")
![Iosif Tolchan<br>Galina Ulanova as Juliet in Sergei Prokofiev's ballet, "Romeo and Juliet" - 1952<br>Galina Sergeyevna Ulánova (8 January 1910 (O.S. 26 December 1909} - 21 March 1998) has the reputation of the greatest Soviet ballerina. Her flat in Moscow is designated a national museum, and there are monuments to her in Saint Petersburg and Stockholm.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto](images/thumbs/1044589.jpg "Iosif Tolchan<br>Galina Ulanova as Juliet in Sergei Prokofiev's ballet, "Romeo and Juliet\" - 1952<br>Galina Sergeyevna Ulánova (8 January 1910 (O.S. 26 December 1909} - 21 March 1998) has the reputation of the greatest Soviet ballerina. Her flat in Moscow is designated a national museum, and there are monuments to her in Saint Petersburg and Stockholm.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto")
![Boris Utkin<br>Comedian Arkady Raikin with his son Kostya in 1957<br>Arkadiy Isaakovich Raikin ((October 24 [O.S. October 10] 1911, Riga - December 17, 1987, Moscow) was a Soviet stand up comedian of Jewish descent who led the school of Soviet and Russian humorists for about half a century.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto](images/thumbs/1044590.jpg "Boris Utkin<br>Comedian Arkady Raikin with his son Kostya in 1957<br>Arkadiy Isaakovich Raikin ((October 24 [O.S. October 10] 1911, Riga - December 17, 1987, Moscow) was a Soviet stand up comedian of Jewish descent who led the school of Soviet and Russian humorists for about half a century.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto")
![Mikhail Ozersky<br>Composer Dmitry Shostakovich, 1960.<br>Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (September 25 [O.S. September 12] 1906 - August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. He had a complex relationship with the Soviet government, suffering two official denunciations of his music in 1936 and 1948 and the periodic banning of his work. At the same time, he remained the most popular Soviet composer of his generation and received a number of accolades and state awards, and served in the Supreme Soviet.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto](images/thumbs/1044594.jpg "Mikhail Ozersky<br>Composer Dmitry Shostakovich, 1960.<br>Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (September 25 [O.S. September 12] 1906 - August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. He had a complex relationship with the Soviet government, suffering two official denunciations of his music in 1936 and 1948 and the periodic banning of his work. At the same time, he remained the most popular Soviet composer of his generation and received a number of accolades and state awards, and served in the Supreme Soviet.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto")
