Soviet Union, 1986: Liquidators clean the roof of the No. 3 reactor after authorities realized robots were unable to function due to the radiation levels [900×593]

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Three Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleships, Pola (now Pula, Croatia), 1917 [1934 x 1282]

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Very rare photo of Russian priests blessing Red Army soldiers during WW2 (this practice was allowed by Stalin to raise wartime morale, after furious anti-Church policy of the 1930’s)…USSR, 1941-1943 [1300×861]

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Henry Cyril Paget, the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, in one of his many flamboyant theatrical costumes, Wales, ca. 1900 [615×838]

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Cetshwayo ka Mpande, the leader of the Zulu Kingdom, ca. 1885 [685×768]

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Knitting session at Sing Sing Prison as part of the ‘Wool Brigades’ war effort in 1915 [1160×467]

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