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Mao Zedong meeting Che Guevara

Chinese Communist leader, Mao Zedong (1893-1976), also known as Chairman Mao. Seen here meeting and greeting Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), the Argentinian Marxist revolutionary, physician, writer, guerrilla leader, diplomat, military theorist, and major figure in the Cuban Revolution, who had taken a pro-Chinese stance on a split between China and Soviet Russia

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Mikhailovsky Ballet dancers perform Giselle scene

The Mikhailovsky Ballet dancers perform in a scene from "Giselle" during a dress rehearsal November 11, 2014 before opening night of the Mikhailovsky Ballet of St. Petersburg, Russia. The ballet is on for a special two week engagement November 11 ? 23, 2014 at the David H. Koch Theatre Lincoln Center in New York . AFP PHOTO / Timothy A. Clary / AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY

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Peter the Great, Equestrian Statue, St Petersburg

View of the equestrian statue to Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) in St Petersburg, Russia. Known as the Bronze Horseman, it was installed in 1782. The pedestal is an enormous boulder known as the Thunder Stone, which was moved into position by 400 men over the space of nine months. Part of the Admiralty building can be seen on the right. Date: circa 1904

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