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857-34003 - 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
857-33945 - Men, soldiers and schoolboys carry banners and photos to the shrine in the Panjshir Valley of the famous Tajik commander, Ahmad Shah Masood, during a memorial on the one year anniversary of his assasination, September 9, 2002. Masood was a revered mujahedin leader who also was one of the leaders of the Northern Alliance which opposed the Taliban and helped the US Military in their defeat. Masood was assasinated by what are thought to be Al Queda operatives on Sept. 9, 2001. A shrine has been erected in the Panjshir Valley from where he led much of his resistance to both the Soviet and Taliban forces, to honor this latest of Afghan war heros.
857-33995 - Tajik girls study in a rural school, without windows, desks or chairs, in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan. The Panjshir Valley, which was a stronghold for Tajik commander Achmed Shah Masood, was heavily bombed during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, but much has now been rebuilt.
857-34013 - Armed guards keep an eye on the crowds during a ceremony below the shrine of Ahmad Shah Masood in the Panjshir Valley, September 9, 2002. Masood was a revered mujahedin leader who fought the Soviets in the Afghan-Soviet war, and who also was one of the main leaders of the Northern Alliance which opposed the Taliban and helped the US Military in their defeat. Masood was assasinated by what are thought to be Al Queda operatives on Sept. 9, 2001. A shrine has been erected in the Panjshir Valley, near the village of Bazarak, from where he led much of his resistance to both the Soviet and Taliban forces, to honor this latest of Afghan war heros.
857-33947 - Schoolboys chant and carry banners to the shrine in the Panjshir Valley of the famous Tajik commander, Ahmad Shah Masood, on the one year anniversary of his assasination, September 9 2002. Masood was a revered mujahedin leader who also was one of the leaders of the Northern Alliance which opposed the Taliban and helped the US Military in their defeat. Masood was assasinated by what are thought to be Al Queda operatives on Sept. 9, 2001. A shrine has been erected in the Panjshir Valley from where he led much of his resistance to both the Soviet and Taliban forces, to honor this latest of Afghan war heros.
857-33946 - Hundreds of men and boys pray during ceremonies at the shrine of Ahmad Shah Masood in the Panjshir Valley, on the one year anniversary of his assasination, September 9, 2002.. Masood was a revered mujahedin leader who also was one of the leaders of the Northern Alliance which opposed the Taliban and helped the US Military in their defeat. Masood was assasinated by what are thought to be Al Queda operatives on Sept. 9, 2001. A shrine has been erected in the Panjshir Valley from where he led much of his resistance to both the Soviet and Taliban forces, to honor this latest of Afghan war heros.
857-34048 - Two school girls hurry across a street at dawn in Kabul, Afghanistan. Since the fall of the Taliban, a record number of girls have returned to school throughout Afghanistan. Much of Kabul was destroyed in the mid 1990's (1992-1996) in factional fighting between rival mujahideen commanders for control of the capital after the Soviet's withdrawal, and now Afghans are re-building their lives and business
857-34049 - An Afghan man sits on his wooden cart and drinks tea at dawn from a street tea stall in central Kabul. With the first respite from war in nearly two decades, Kabulis are busy re-building their lives and business amongst the ruins, and the streets are busy with markets, tea stalls, trucks, etc. Much of Kabul was destroyed in the mid 1990's (1992-1996) in factional fighting between rival mujahideen commanders for control of the capital after the Soviet's withdrawal.
857-34011 - Elaborate flower wreaths are brought by Afghan soldiers as tokens of respect to the shrine of Ahmad Shah Masood, on the one year anniversary of Masoods assasination, at a ceremony in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, September 9, 2002. Masood was a revered mujahedin leader who fought the Soviets in the Afghan-Soviet war, and who also was one of the main leaders of the Northern Alliance which opposed the Taliban and helped the US Military in their defeat. Masood was assasinated by what are thought to be Al Queda operatives on Sept. 9, 2001. A shrine has been erected in the Panjshir Valley, near the village of Bazarak, from where he led much of his resistance to both the Soviet and Taliban forces, to honor this latest of Afghan war heros.
857-33942 - 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.
857-18283 - A young man who lost his hand in a land-mine accident, plays pool in a seaside home in Mayak, Abkhazia.
857-11910 - Newly constructed Orthodox church, Beloyarskii, Siberia, Russia.
857-27059 - A hammer and sickle sign at the All-Russia Exhibition Center, northern Moscow, Russia. This center was designed to show off the wonders of Socialist Soviet Russia.
![Dancers from a traditional Abkhazian folkdance group adjust their costumes before a performance during a celebration on September 30, 2003 commemorating ten years of "independence" from Georgia, in Sukhum, Abkhazia](https://images.robertharding.com/zoom/RF/CI/HORIZONTAL/857-18266.jpg "Dancers from a traditional Abkhazian folkdance group adjust their costumes before a performance during a celebration on September 30, 2003 commemorating ten years of "independence" from Georgia, in Sukhum, Abkhazia<br />857-18266")
857-18266 - Dancers from a traditional Abkhazian folkdance group adjust their costumes before a performance during a celebration on September 30, 2003 commemorating ten years of "independence" from Georgia, in Sukhum, Abkhazia
![Young girls with Abkhaz flags wait for their turn to perform during a gala show at the main stadium in Sukhumi, celebrating ten years of "independence" from Georgia, and the ten year anniversary of the end of the war, in Sukhum, Abkhazia.](https://images.robertharding.com/zoom/RF/CI/HORIZONTAL/857-18280.jpg "Young girls with Abkhaz flags wait for their turn to perform during a gala show at the main stadium in Sukhumi, celebrating ten years of "independence" from Georgia, and the ten year anniversary of the end of the war, in Sukhum, Abkhazia.<br />857-18280")
857-18280 - Young girls with Abkhaz flags wait for their turn to perform during a gala show at the main stadium in Sukhumi, celebrating ten years of "independence" from Georgia, and the ten year anniversary of the end of the war, in Sukhum, Abkhazia.
857-11819 - St. Basil's Cathedral and Kremlin, Red Square, Moscow, Russia
857-18292 - Men with the MDR (Multi Drug Resistant) form of tuberculosis, play backgammon in one of their rooms in Gulripsch Hospital, Abkhazia.
857-11407 - Nancy Reagan and Raisa Gorbashov stand together in Geneva, Switzerland.
857-3556 - Communist supporters demonstrate for the return of Soviet Union.
1194-1097 - Uzbekistan statue of amir timur (tamburlaine) in his birth place, shakhrisabz
1194-1098 - Uzbekistan men drinking tea at a chaikhana, shakhrisabz.
1194-1105 - Uzbekistan men drinking tea at the lyab-i-hauz, bukhara
1194-1095 - Uzbekistan craftsman and apprentice repairing the shah-i-zinda necropolis of mausoleums, samarkand
1194-1112 - Uzbekistan detail of old door to the city, bukhara
1194-1106 - Uzbekistan the kalon minaret and mosque, bukhara
1194-1099 - Uzbekistan woman selling corn, beans and lentils, shakhrisabz
1194-1110 - Uzbekistan detail of ceiling at the bakhauddin nakshbandi ensemble, a sufic mausoleum complex near bukhara
1194-1100 - Uzbekistan women in the market at shakhrisabz
1194-1096 - Uzbekistan detail of tilework at shah-i-zinda necropolis of mausolea, samarkand
1194-1104 - Uzbekistan man at home, table laid with tea, bread, sweets and nuts. Samarkand
1194-1109 - Uzbekistan door of the bolo hauz mosque, bukhara
1196-99 - Mongolian-russian mining venture on outskirts of erdenet city, population of 80,000 dictates work as well as life in soviet -style city. 5,200 employees work at this site excavating up to 25.2 million tons of iron year
1196-94 - Mongolia. In late early sarangol a flourishing town lived in by some 5,000 soviet-mongol miners. mine been shut down leaving behind ninjas named green pans they wear on their back that make them resemble cartoon ninja turtles. ninjas, income earned from specks of gold clawed from river is a social safety in vast central asian country where more than on in three live below poverty line
1194-1355 - Russia detail of miniature box painting soviet era at the museum in palekh
817-378287 - National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, Kiev, Ukraine, Europe
921-752 - Abandoned Soviet Submarine base 1978 - 1991, ruined settlement, Brouton Bay (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-756 - Abandoned Soviet Submarine base 1978 - 1991, ruined settlement, Brouton Bay (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-791 - Whalebone Alley grand vista, female tourist standing on cliff face, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-701 - Whalebone Alley, Bowhead whale bone, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-703 - Whalebone Alley, Bowhead whale bones, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-699 - Whalebone Alley grand vista, female tourist standing on cliff face, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-702 - Whalebone Alley, female tourist sitting on bowhead whale bone, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-700 - Whalebone Alley, female tourist standing around still intact extremly old inuit elder grave, skeleton still present. Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-757 - Abandoned Soviet Submarine base 1978 - 1991, ruined settlement, Brouton Bay (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-755 - Abandoned Soviet Submarine base 1978 - 1991, ruined settlement, Brouton Bay (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-760 - Abandoned Soviet Submarine base 1978 - 1991, ruined settlement, Brouton Bay (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-759 - Abandoned Soviet Submarine base 1978 - 1991, ruined settlement, Brouton Bay (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-704 - Whalebone Alley, female tourist standing between bow head whale rib bones, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-758 - Abandoned Soviet Submarine base 1978 - 1991, ruined settlement, Brouton Bay (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-833 - Abandoned Soviet Submarine base 1978 - 1991, ruined settlement, Brouton Bay (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-810 - Whalebone Alley grand vista, high altitude flora, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-771 - 2008, Soviet and Japanese abandoned camps and airfield, debris, Matua Island, Kuril Islands, Russia, Asia
921-772 - 2008, Soviet and Japanese abandoned camps and airfield, debris, Matua Island, Kuril Islands, Russia, Asia
921-754 - Abandoned Soviet Submarine base 1978 - 1991, ruined settlement, Brouton Bay (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-753 - Abandoned Soviet Submarine base 1978 - 1991, ruined settlement, Brouton Bay (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
846-441 - Soviet obelisk commemorating liberation of city by Red Army in 1945, Liberty Square, Budapest, Hungary, Europe
846-440 - Soviet obelisk commemorating liberation of city by Red Army in 1945, Liberty Square, Budapest, Hungary, Europe
817-270459 - Abandoned blocks of flats known also khrushchevki in Inylchek Engilchek, Kyrgyzstan
817-270456 - Abandoned blocks of flats known also khrushchevki in Inylchek Engilchek, Kyrgyzstan
816-2020 - Government House (Dom Soviet), Baku, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Asia
816-2021 - Government House (Dom Soviet), Baku, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Asia
816-2087 - Huge apartment building in the old Soviet style, Yerevan, Armenia, Caucasus, Central Asia, Asia
816-2072 - Huge apartment building in the old Soviet style, Yerevan, Armenia, Caucasus, Central Asia, Asia
817-214548 - public telephones central Kaunas Lithuania EU
829-316 - Soviet-era monument in the town of Inhambane in Mozambique.
817-24478 - Old Russian and soviet-bloc military caps for sale, Berlin, Germany
816-549 - Soviet style building, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
663-594 - Souvenir badges of the Soviet Republic communist era, Moscow, Russia, Europe
733-2591 - Soviet style Great Hall of the People contrasts with The National Theatre Opera House, also known as The Egg designed by French architect Paul Andreu and made with glass and titanium opened 2007, Beijing, China, Asia
733-2578 - Soviet style Great Hall of the People contrasts with The National Theatre Opera House, also known as The Egg designed by French architect Paul Andreu and made with glass and titanium opened 2007, Beijing, China, Asia
783-48 - Bronze figures of a Russian and a Ukrainian worker holding aloft the Soviet Order of Friendship of Peoples, Friendship of the Peoples Monument, Khreschaty Park, Kiev, Ukraine, Europe
739-659 - Dom Soviet, Baku, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Asia
321-3990 - Old blue Soviet car, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America
252-3544 - Mir-I-Arab Madrasa, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Former Soviet Union, Central Asia, Asia
166-5089 - Displaced families in old soviet Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia
450-3076 - Soviet concrete architecture, Air Force University, Presov, Slovakia, Europe
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