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Closeup of bronze medal with words National Geographic Society, 1888, appearing around a world globe. Caption. 1945-1989, The Cold War.

Man holding a microphone lays on his side on a stage looking towards camera. Behind him, a few men play musical instruments.

Black and white frame shows a man holding the shoulders of a young woman looking back up at him into his eyes. Caption. I was waiting for you.

Silhouette of a large stone statue of a man wearing armor and a helmet on a rearing horse against a cloudy sky backdrop. Caption with male narrator, "St. Petersburg was the vision of one man."

Animation of an area near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Leafless trees, homes, and power lines beneath an overcast sky. Caption. Everything is polluted and highly radioactive.

Animation of World War 2 Soviet commanders speaking in front of a battlefield map to a crowded room of officers. Caption. To fortify the Kursk region and to wait.

Title text reads, "Cold War Gadgets," against a background that shows a blurry briefcase.

Digital map titled "Battle of Stalingrad." Germany and its occupied territories are green with red swastikas. The U, S, S, R is yellow with 2 red stars with yellow arrows pointing towards Germany's eastern fronts.

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Cold War

Still image from: Crash Course World History: Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols

Still image from: Crash Course World History: USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War

Black and white family photo of Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and 4 daughters. Caption. Thus ends 300 years of czarist rule.

Digital illustration shows an angry Stalin speaking at a podium with the red flag of the USSR behind him. Text reads, “De-Stalinization: The Secret Speech. February 25, 1956.”

Young man stands and looks down at a food scale resting on the counter of a grocery store. Caption. In Russia, we use the metric system.

Digital illustration shows a snowy labor camp guarded by armed soldiers, uniformed prisoners congregate in the yard, looking at a prisoner lying in the snow. Text reads, “Gulags. USSR.”

Woman holds an object and touches a paintbrush to its surface, with glue, pencils, and a craft board in front of her. Caption. And I'm going to paint the top white.

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: The Space Race (Part 1)

Black and white photo of a woman playing the piano while looking at sheet music. A man stands by watching her play. Caption. Though he declared she delighted in tormenting him.

Cartoon Joseph Stalin wears a gray military uniform as he smokes a pipe and glares at us. Text reads, "Joseph Stalin. Leader of the Soviet Union, 1878 to 1953."

Black and white closeup of Tolstoy hunched over a table, writing. Caption. Tolstoy spent the last few years of his life in Yasnaya Polyana.

Woman faces camera and parts her lips as if speaking in front of a muted woodland backdrop.

Still image from: Panorama: Putin's War in Ukraine

Computer graphic of a map of Europe, with the country of Russia in deep red, surrounding countries in light gray, and the ocean in black. The words "Imperio Ruso" are on screen. Spanish caption. Y el Imperio ruso está comprometido.

Frame looking down a Russian city street with parked cars and multi-story buildings on both sides. Caption. The biggest advances economically.

Split screen. On left a patriotic poster is superimposed over an American flag above text that reads, "United States." On right is a patriotic poster against a red Soviet flag above text that reads, "Soviet Union." Caption. We are considered superpowers.

Black and white closeup of an astronaut in a space suit hovering above cratered terrain. Spanish caption. La carrera espacial llevó a los Estados Unidos.

Soldier looks at us from behind a face mask as he carries weapons in his hands and backpack. Text reads, "Spetsnaz, Soviet Afghanistan War. 1979 to 1989."

Ballerina performing on stage stands on the ball of 1 foot as she raises her other leg slightly off the ground. Her arms are straight and extended down and slightly back. A male dancer stands behind her and in position, ready to lift her.

2 men sit in front of barres and mirrors in a ballet studio. They are turned towards each other smiling, laughing, and speaking. Caption. And best friends with Chris since he choreographed with us.

Young soldier in uniform salutes and smiles uncomfortably while people in uniform stand in the grass behind him. Text reads, "The Six-Year-Old Red Army Lieutenant of World War Two. Sergei "Seryozha" Aleshkov, Son of the Regiment. World War Two."

Senior woman smiles at a woman wearing a plaid shirt and walking down the hall.

People in military uniforms hold up weapons angrily in the foreground while others march and carry flags through a city plaza in the background. Text reads, "The Russian Revolution, 1917."

White text on a black background dotted with stars reads, "The Space Race."

White text highlighted in red over a gray map of the Eastern Hemisphere with a gold crest in the middle reads, "The Warsaw Pact. Formation of the Warsaw Treaty Organization. The Cold War."

Closeup of a crowd of youth wearing white shirts with red neckerchiefs and blue hats. They lift their hands in salute in front of a red Soviet flag. Text reads, "The Young Pioneers, 1922 to 1991. The Soviet Union."

Man wearing a white helmet parachutes in a clear blue sky. Text reads, "U-2 Incident. The Cold War, May 1st, 1960."

Still image from: What if Putin Goes Nuclear?

Slide shows a brown circle with a detailed drawing in the background of blue highlighted text that reads, "What was The Thing? The Cold War."

Still image from: Yuri Gargarin: First Man in Space (April 12, 1961)