Cis Collection (page 2)

Trade Union Palace of Culture, Minsk, Belarus

Wall murals, Oktyabrskaya (former industrial area), Minsk, Belarus

Moscow cinema, Prospekte Pobeditelei, Minsk, Belarus

Town Hall, Old Town, Trinity Suburb, Minsk, Belarus

All Saints Church, Minsk, Belarus

Trinity Suburb by the Svishlach river, Minsk, Belarus

Old soviet made car, Minsk, Belarus

Minsk metro, Minsk, Belarus

Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Trinity Suburb, Minsk, Belarus

Bolshoi Theatre, Minsk, Belarus

Soviet / Stalinist wall mural / bas relief, Minsk, Belarus
Soviet/Stalinist wall mural/bas relief, Minsk, Belarus

Bust of Lenin & Wall murals, Oktyabrskaya (former industrial area), Minsk, Belarus

Holy Trinity Church, Minsk, Belarus

Bust of Lenin, Lenin Square metro station, Minsk, Belarus

Church of St. Simeon and St. Helen (Red church), Independence Square, Minsk, Belarus
Church of St. Simeon and St.Helen (Red church), Independence Square, Minsk, Belarus

Trinity Suburb & Central Minsk along the Svishlach river, Belarus

Typical apartment building in the suburbs of Minsk, Belarus

Independence Square, Minsk, Belarus

Soviet era wall mural, Minsk, Belarus

City Skyline on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus

Victory Square, Independence Avenue, Minsk, Belarus

National Library of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

Lenin Statue & Government building, Independence Square, Minsk, Belarus

Soviet architecture, Prospekte Pobeditelei, Minsk, Belarus

Catholic Church of St Virgin Mary, Minsk, Belarus

Island of Tears, Trinity Suburb, Minsk, Belarus

Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War, Minsk, Belarus

Detail of the Ananuri castle dating back to the 13th century, on the Aragvi River. Georgia, Caucasus

Statue of King Vakhtang Gorgasali (6th century) founder of Tbilisi, Georgia. Caucasus

Traditional house. Old town of Tbilisi, Georgia. Caucasus

Queen Tamar, Mestia, Upper Svanetia. Georgia, Caucasus

The mountain village of Ushguli. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Upper Svanetia, Georgia. Caucasus

Traditional and contemporary architecture in Baku. The Flame Towers seen from the Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Azerbaijan

Model of a carpet dealer at the Old City or Inner City (Icarisahar), the historical core, the most ancient part of Baku, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Azerbaijan

Animal engraving at Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape Reserve has an outstanding collection of more than 6.000 rock engravings bearing testimony to 40.000 years of rock art

Holy Trinity Church & All Saints Church, Minsk, Belarus

Soviet wall mural on apartment building in Minsk, Belarus

First animal in space: Laika the Soviet space dog
A technician prepares Laika, the bitch who became the first animal in space, for her launch aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) stretching. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East

CIS Building, Corporation Street, Manchester

Illustration of the CIS Building, Corporation Street, Manchester

The Training College and the then new (1962) CIS Building, which remains the tallest building in Manchester, England. Date: 1960s

General Sir Frederick Paul Haines, GCB, CIS, Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India (engraving)
1106456 General Sir Frederick Paul Haines, GCB, CIS, Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India (engraving) by English School

Curtis British Entomology Plate 402
Coleoptera: Cis bidentatus (Double-horned Cis) [Plant: Chenopodium sp. (Chenopodium acutifolium, Sharp Entire-leaved Goosefoot)] Date: 1824-39

Sketches from "The Magistrate"at the Court Theatre (engraving)
1591065 Sketches from " The Magistrate" at the Court Theatre (engraving) by Ludlow, Henry (Hal) Stephen (b.1861)

Male Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) on autumn tundra. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, October

Prypiat river, Prypiat National Park, Belarus, June 2009

Baltic sea with posts sticking out of water at sunset, Latvia, June 2009

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