Postcards from the Soviet Union

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Upper: Glory to the armed forces, 1975 and 40 Years USSR (rear); 1957

Lower: Billboard reads “Putin Our President”; Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, 2006.

Image Correlation: An iteration of history (upper) reflects the vestiges of a former empire, which have since reappeared in modern times with emblems of a reinvigorated Russian nation (lower).

This billboard appears in South Ossetia, a territory recognized by the Western international community as part of Georgia. However, Russia has openly supported the independence of the territory and even went to war to maintain it in August 2005. Since then there have been rumors of a full Russian annexation of the region.