Soviet obelisk commemorating liberation of city by Red Army in 1945, Liberty Square, Budapest, Hungary, Europe

Soviet obelisk commemorating liberation of city by Red Army in 1945, Liberty Square, Budapest, Hungary, Europe

Monument to the Soviet Army, Sofia, Bulgaria, Europe

Political propaganda, Russian army barracks, East Germany/GDR, Europe

Vintage aircraft, Yakovlev Yak 9, warplane of the Soviet Air Force from the second World War, Breitscheid Airshow 2010, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Vintage aircraft, Yakovlev Yak 52, Breitscheid Airshow 2010, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Old Russian tank, Soviet tank, monument on the road to the former Ravensbrueck woman's concentration camp, commemorating the liberation by the Red Army in 1945, Fuerstenberg Havel, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Advertising billboard with a large photo of a soldier wearing the uniform of the former Soviet army, Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin-Mitte, Germany, Europe

A man dressed up as a soviet army soldier poses in front of the Brandenburger Tor, Berlin

Old soviet tank coloured in funky colours, Bamyan, Afghanistan, Asia

A man dressed up as a soviet army soldier poses in front of the Brandenburger Tor, Berlin

Bijusi PSRS Zeltenu kodolrakesu baze, former UssR Zelteni nuclear missile base, Zeltini parish, Aluksne Municipality, Vidzeme, Latvia, Northern Europe

Ground-to-ground missile ss-lb Scud-A Nuclear 50 kt 1956, Sovjet nuclear weapon at Fort Gerhard, Swinoujscie, Poland, Europe

Old soviet tank coloured in funky colours, Bamyan, Afghanistan, Asia

Monument of Encounter, commemorates the meeting of Soviet and American soldiers in 1945 on the Elbe, Torgau, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Soviet soldier with weapon and flag, Monument to the soldiers of the Red Army who died in the Second World War, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

The Soviet 152 mm D-1 howitzer, model of 1943, exhibit of the Moscow Weaponry Museum on Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow, Russia

Vintage aircraft, Yakovlev Yak 52, Breitscheid Airshow 2010, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Soviet memorial in front of the Marienkirche, Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Europe

Soviet anti-aircraft missile 3M8

Old soviet tank coloured in funky colours, Bamyan, Afghanistan, Asia

Vintage aircraft, Yakovlev Yak 52, Breitscheid Airshow 2010, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Children play on a tank in the Panjshir Valley while waiting for ceremonies to begin in honor the one year anniversary of the assasination of Ahmad Shah Masood, September 9, 2002. The Panjshir Valley was a stronghold for the Tajik people and the famous commander Masood in their struggle first against the Soviets and then against the Taliban. The valley and villages of the Panjshir were subjected to heavy bombing and destruction during the Afghan-Soviet war, but was never fully occupied. Now it is the heartland for the powerful Tajik ethnic group, the second largest in Afghanistan, who came to partial power after the fall of the Taliban.