The Enemy, 1944. With the outbreak of world war two, photojournalism was enlisted in defence of Mother Russia.

Tales of the Sea, 1976. Lithuanian photographer Vitaly Butyrin draws on a rich Soviet history with his often surreal photo-montages.

Perfume No8, 1958. This picture, the eighth in a series on perfume, shows Alexander Khlebnikov’s move into fashion and advertising photography in the 1950s.

Khrushchev and Castro have lunch at a kolkhoz in Georgia, 1963.

Concrete Factory, 1954. After serving in the second world war,

Soviet Union soldiers Raqymzhan Qoshqarbaev, and Georgij Bulatov raising the flag on the roof of Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany in May, 1945