Mir-I-Arab Madrasa, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Former Soviet Union, Central Asia, Asia

A Soviet Union flag above the Malecon, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Uzbekistan statue of amir timur (tamburlaine) in his birth place, shakhrisabz

Uzbekistan old lady of samarkand

Uzbekistan men drinking tea at a chaikhana, shakhrisabz.

Uzbekistan men drinking tea at the lyab-i-hauz, bukhara

Uzbekistan craftsman and apprentice repairing the shah-i-zinda necropolis of mausoleums, samarkand

Uzbekistan detail of old door to the city, bukhara

Uzbekistan boys of shakhrisabz

Uzbekistan the kalon minaret and mosque, bukhara

Uzbekistan woman selling corn, beans and lentils, shakhrisabz

Uzbekistan girls of shakhrisabz

Uzbekistan butchers shop, bukhara

Uzbekistan woman with children, bukhara

Uzbekistan detail of ceiling at the bakhauddin nakshbandi ensemble, a sufic mausoleum complex near bukhara

Uzbekistan girl selling bread, bukhara

Uzbekistan women in the market at shakhrisabz

Uzbekistan detail of tilework at shah-i-zinda necropolis of mausolea, samarkand

Uzbekistan man of shakhrisabz

Uzbekistan man at home, table laid with tea, bread, sweets and nuts. Samarkand

Uzbekistan door of the bolo hauz mosque, bukhara

Alisher Navoi station, subway, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

STS-91, Mir Space Station, 2001

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

Wall with mourning wreath for the Russian concentration camp victims, Soviet Union inscription, Wall of Nations, Ravensbrueck Memorial, former concentration camp for woman, Fuerstenberg Havel, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Moscow, Russia, March 14, 2016. Ground Val Street. In this house lived the hero of the USSR Sergei Danilin, 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

Two people fishing on ice, Zagorsk, Russia

High angle view of a military parade, Winter Palace, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Boats docked at a harbor, Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky, Kamchatka, Russia

Buildings at the waterfront, Bell tower of Ivan The Great, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

Buildings along a river, Moscva River, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

Buildings along a river, River Neva, St. Petersburg, Russia

Buildings at the waterfront, Academy of Arts, Anthropology and Zoological Museum, Neva River, St. Petersburg, Russia

Low angle view of a church, St. Sergius Church, Zagorsk, Moscow, Russia

Facade of a building, Exhibition of Economic Achievement, Moscow, Russia

Low angle view of a church, St. Sergius Church, Zagorsk, Moscow, Russia

High section view of a church, Church of the Deposition of the Robe, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

Low angle view of a tower, Admiralty Tower, St. Petersburg, Russia

Low angle view of a church, St. Nicholas Church, St. Petersburg, Russia

A truck drives over a makeshift bridge supported by ruined tanks on the road north of the Salang Tunnel in Baghlan province, August 31, 2002. High in the mountains of the Hindu Kush, the road was destroyed several years ago by a flood from raging mountain rivers. The road was improved by the Soviets after their 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, and was a crucial link for troops and supplies coming from the Soviet Union. The mountain road is in terrible condition, and its repair is crucially important for the reconstruction of the country

Newly constructed Orthodox church, Beloyarskii, Siberia, Russia.

Communist supporters demonstrate for the return of Soviet Union.

Nancy Reagan and Raisa Gorbashov stand together in Geneva, Switzerland.

Germany, Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie, Open air exhibition showing Berlin Wall sections making a political statement regarding totalitarian regimes.

Germany, Berlin, Information plaque denoting location of the former Hitler Bunker, now a car park and apartment block.

Germany, Berlin, The East Side Gallery, a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall, Mural called My God help me survive this deadly love, Soviet Premier Brezhnev kisses East German Chancellor Honecker.

Germany, Berlin, The East Side Gallery, a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall, Mural called 'My God help me survive this deadly love' Soviet Premier Brezhnev kisses East German Chancellor Honecker.

Germany, Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie, US Army checkpoint and guardhouse reconstruction at the former crossing point between East and West Berlin.

Germany, Berlin, Information plaque denoting location of the former Hitler Bunker, now a car park and apartment block.

Germany, Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie, Open air exhibition showing Berlin Wall section making a political statement regarding Basher Al-Assad and alleged use of sarin.

Germany, Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie, Open air exhibition showing map of divided Berlin.

Germany, Berlin, Treptower Park, Sowjetisches Ehrenmal, Soviet War Memorial.