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Varied ethnic roots of the U.S.S.R. yield to montage of strikingly different physical features, costumes, and traditions.

Crisp commands mark every Nov. 7 in Leningrad's Palace Square, when Soviet soldiers march by in a 45-minute parade followed by a procession of workers and other groups that lasts for hours. The marchers commemorate the day when the Bolsheviks gained…

Mustering in recruits, uniformed army and navy officers line up their groups for farewell ceremonies in Ivanovo. The town salutes her departing servicemen with band music and speeches. After basic training, most draftees complete two years in the…

At Zayeltsovsky Park, on the city's outskirts, a father and small son tentatively sample a slight incline on skis.

Funeral procession winds solemnly through a Moscow cemetery, escorting the open coffin of a railway design engineer. Birch trees line the avenue. Marching behind, a three piece band plays classical and patriotic music chosen by the family. At the…

Authorities evict a couple and their four-year-old daughter from their apartment. The couple said they refused to pay rent because of poor service and the run down nature of the apartment complex. They had no place to go at the time and the father…

Photograph of Deke Slayton in front of a photograph of himself when he was an astronaut.

Scuba divers working on a shipwreck.

The Hitachi shipyards in Japan is noted for building the ULCC's (Ultra Large Crude Carriers). Each morning the Japanese workers loosen up before starting their day working on the Esso Atlantic (500,000 tons).

The tear gassing of the Shah and Shahbanou on the White House Lawn.