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The village of Tindi, in the Dagestan region of the Caucasus Mountains (now in modern-day Russia), circa. late 1890s. This region of the Caucasus Mountains is home to a mixed ethnic population, the majority of whom are Dagestani Sunni Muslims. [1,275 × 1,755] Check this blog!

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German soldiers in a railroad car on their way to the Western Front during WWI, circa. 1914. At the early stages of the war, all the warring sides expected the conflict to be a short one. [650 × 459] Check this blog!

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Soviet infantry marching through the main city street of Kreschatik in Kyiv after its liberation from the Nazis, November 1943. [2,431 × 1,625] Check this blog!

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Soldiers of the Royal Bulgarian Army in position to fire against and shoot down an incoming Allied aircraft in the Southern Front of WWI, circa. 1914 - 1918. [1,024 × 754] Check this blog!

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High ranking officers of Imperial Russian Army in Manchuria during the Russian occupation of Manchuria while the Boxer Rebellion was going on in Manchu-ruled China, circa. 1900. [1,400 × 1,016] Check this blog!

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Soviet soldiers preparing the rafts to cross the Dnieper river into Nazi-occupied Ukrainian territory during 'the Battle of the Dnieper' in WWII, 1943. The sign on the left reads - "To Kyiv!". [1,920 × 1,168] Check this blog!

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A Soviet lieutenant, known as a 'Politruk' or a political officer, armed with a Tokarev TT-33 pistol, urges his men to attack German positions during WWII. The photograph was taken on 12th July, 1942. [4,568 × 5,664] Check this blog!

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2nd Lieutenant William Robertson, U.S. Army and Lieutenant Aleksandr Sylvashko, Red Army, in front of the sign 'East Meets West', symbolizing the historic meeting of the Soviet and American troops, near Torgau, Germany in April 1945. [2,934 × 2,004] Check this blog!

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A German professor sticks notes onto the walls of his house as wallpaper, Weimar Republic, 1923. During the Hyperinflation Crisis of 1923 in Germany, the German 'Paipermark' banknotes had lost so much value that they were used as wallpaper, being much cheaper than actual wallpaper. [2,000 × 2,900] Check this blog!

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British Jews protest against anti-Semitism and Jewish immigration restrictions to Mandatory Palestine in London, U.K. after the 'Kristallnacht' which occurred in Germany, in November 1938. [867 × 1,200] Check this blog!

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A stentor reading out the daily news in the "Telefon Hírmondó" (Telephone Herald) of Budapest in Austria-Hungary, 1901. [1111 × 1111] Check this blog!

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The Krupp Company Works in Essen, situated in the Ruhr area of Imperial Germany, 1890 [1280 × 1024]. Check this blog!

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Chowringhee Square, Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1945 [914 × 726] Check this blog!