Castro The Baller
Most history enthusiasts will be used to seeing Fidel Castro in formal uniform, as the Cuban revolutionary was often photographed with on official business, especially during his rule as president from 1976 to 2008. In this rare photograph from Krakow in Poland, the man himself is photographed playing basketball for fun, which is a rare sight for somebody known for the long hours he put in at work. You could almost believe that he was wearing a (now popular) onesie here.
Castro The Baller
The Romanovs in Russia
In this intimate and slightly heartbreaking family portrait from 1913, the Romanov family is shown as a unit for the final time. Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Empress Alexandra, as well as their five children (Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei) were all shot and bayoneted just a couple of years later by communist revolutionaries, and the history of Russia was forever be changed by the incident. Nicholas is now known as the last ever Emperor of All Russia.
The Romanovs In Russia
